Space & Astronomy
Enceladus thought to have fizzy ocean
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T.K. RandallJanuary 29, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: Michael Carroll
New evidence suggests Saturn's moon Enceladus is home to an ocean that fizzes like a soft drink.
Scientists also believe that if true the ocean could be friendly to microbial life. "Geophysicists expected this little world to be a lump of ice, cold, dead, and uninteresting," NASA's Dennis Matson has said. "Boy, were we surprised!"
For years researchers have been debating whether Enceladus, a tiny moon floating just outside Saturn's rings, is home to a vast underground ocean. Is it wet--or not? Now, new evidence is tipping the scales. Not only does Enceladus likely have an ocean, that ocean is probably fizzy like a soft drink and could be friendly to microbial life.
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