NASA’s Cassini finds subsurface ocean lying deep within Saturn's moon Dione

8 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s Cassini finds subsurface ocean lying deep within Saturn's moon Dione

A subsurface ocean lies deep within Saturn's moon Dione, offering a long lived habitable zone for microbial life, suggests a new data from the Cassini mission. Two other moons of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus, are already known to hide global oceans beneath their icy crusts, but the new study suggests an ocean exists on Dione as well. Researchers from the Royal Observatory of Belgium show gravity data from recent Cassini flybys can be explained if Dione's crust floats on an ocean located 100 kilometres below the surface. "As an additional principle, we assumed that the icy crust can stand only the minimum amount of tension or compression necessary to maintain surface landforms," said Mikael Beuthe, lead author of the study.

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Enceladus: NASA to conduct 'deepest ever' flyby of Saturn moon to investigate ocean's habitability

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Nasa's Cassini captures Saturn's moon Enceladus in unprecedented detail

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NASA probe spots global ocean on Saturn's moon

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Saturn's moon Enceladus DOES have an ocean and it's as large as Lake Superior

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Cassini dances with Enceladus once again

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Enceladus does and does not have a global ocean

15 years, 9 months ago

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Hunt for Life on Saturnian Moon Heats Up

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NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots

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Scientists recreate conditions of Saturnian moon in a lab — and it could help us find alien life

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Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean

1 year, 1 month ago

Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean

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Associated Press

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Organic molecules found on Saturn's moon suggest it could be habitable

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One of Saturn’s moons found to have all ingredients essential for life

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Why Saturn's moons have been so hard to find

1 year, 9 months ago

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NASA discovers ‘phosphorous’, key element for life, on Saturn's moon Enceladus

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NASA discovers ‘phosphorous’, key element for life, on Saturn's moon Enceladus

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Hindustan Times

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Huge ‘plume’ seen coming out of nearby moon that could support alien life

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NASA unveils snake-like robot to search for life on one of Saturn's Moons

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NASA unveils snake-like robot to search for life on one of Saturn's Moons

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has revealed a snake-like robot that it intends to deploy to Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, in search of life. The self-propelled robot, known as EELS, …

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Aliens could be hiding on four moons of Uranus

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The chance of finding life in the solar system just improved, after Nasa scientists discovered that four moons of Uranus may have oceans that could be hiding alien organisms. Experts …

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Mysterious-looking creature from deep inside the ocean goes viral. Watch

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We all know that ocean is one of those marvels that is still widely undiscovered. According to the Smithsonian's website hyperiids are "small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly …

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The possibility of worlds other than our own Earth where life could exist has enthralled us for a long time. A dwarf named after a giant What we do know, …

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Potential for shallow liquid water on Jupiter’s moon Europa, study suggests

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Alien Life on Saturn Moon? NASA Cassini Found Potential Proof, Says Study

3 years, 8 months ago

Alien Life on Saturn Moon? NASA Cassini Found Potential Proof, Says Study

Alien life is possibly the widest, and yet the most uncertain research project ever taken up by mankind. The researchers note that if all conditions of life are held true …

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Aliens on Saturn? Methane Found on Planet's Moon Indicates Life's 'Very Likely'

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Titan's Kraken Mare Lake is 10 times deeper than earlier thought: Cassini study

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Beautiful Infrared Images of Saturn’s Moon During Sunset Leads to New Discovery

4 years, 6 months ago

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Saturn's moon Enceladus has ice churning, landscape surfacing. Read on

4 years, 6 months ago

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Inner complexity in Saturn moon 'Enceladus' hints at habitable conditions

5 years, 2 months ago

Inner complexity in Saturn moon 'Enceladus' hints at habitable conditions

A team of the Southwest Research Institute has developed a new geochemical model, that reveals that carbon dioxide from within Enceladus, an ocean-harbouring moon of Saturn, may be controlled by …

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NASA's BRUIE to hunt for life on distant ocean worlds

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NASA's BRUIE to hunt for life on distant ocean worlds

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the USA recently displayed a new underwater robot for a mission that could one day search for life in ocean worlds beyond Earth. …

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Organic compounds have been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

5 years, 6 months ago

Organic compounds have been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

CNN — Organic compounds have been found in the plumes rising from the subsurface ocean on Enceladus, adding to the evidence that one of Saturn’s most intriguing moons should be …

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BBC

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NASA’s new mission, Dragonfly, will explore Saturn’s moon Titan

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CNN — NASA announced the latest mission in its New Frontiers program, called Dragonfly, which will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. “Titan has the key ingredients for life,” said Lori …

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NASA's Cassini mission data is still helping scientists understand the rings of Saturn – Firstpost

5 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Cassini mission data is still helping scientists understand the rings of Saturn – Firstpost

Cassini was in space for 20 years and has provided information that scientists are still studying and understanding. When Cassini moved closer to Saturn in its final year, it observed …

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NASA's Cassini catches glimpses of fresh rainfall on Saturn's biggest moon, Titan

6 years, 2 months ago

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What Cassini found as it plunged into Saturn a year ago

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NASA to send submarine to Antarctica looking for temperature-resistant life

6 years, 7 months ago

NASA to send submarine to Antarctica looking for temperature-resistant life

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NASA's Cassini captures eerie audio of interaction between Saturn and Enceladus

6 years, 8 months ago

NASA's Cassini captures eerie audio of interaction between Saturn and Enceladus

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Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life, new Cassini findings suggest

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How life on Earth might survive on Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus

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LA Times

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Cassini may be dead, but a new era of Saturn science has just begun

7 years, 3 months ago

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Alien life on Jupiter's Moon Europa? Study reveals it has Earth-like tectonic plates

7 years, 3 months ago

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Farewell to Saturn: A Stellar Farewell for a Grand Planet

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Blue Planet 2: I explored the Antarctic deep seas for the BBC – and it was like going back 350 million years

7 years, 4 months ago

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What Cassini learned about Saturn during its death dive

7 years, 5 months ago

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Cassini reveals stunning image of Saturn's moon Enceladus

7 years, 6 months ago

Cassini reveals stunning image of Saturn's moon Enceladus

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