Science & Space Roundup: Top News of the Day (Dec 26)

Here are today’s most important updates from the realm of Science and Space. Ocean World Next Door: Why Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Has Scientists Excited About Life Scientists have already claimed that Enceladus, Saturn's icy moon, is a promising candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life. Recent research has given a boost to existing findings, with scientists discovering complex organic molecules in the icy plumes erupting from its subsurface ocean. The findings are based on analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. It found evidence of organic compounds, which were previously undetected. The compounds appear to be a plume of ice particles ejected from the ocean, lying beneath the frozen shell of Enceladus. According to NASA, "The newly detected compounds included those from the aliphatic and cyclic ester and ether families, some with double bonds in their molecular structures. Together with the confirmed aromatic, ...

Soham Halder

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