Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Moon Geysers

So, Saturn's moon, Enceladus, has enormous geysers three times the size of the Moon and scientists have been studying them to try to figure out what happens "inside the pipes feeding the plumes". From what they've found, it is a possibility that there is a sort of lake inside of Enceladus and if this is so, it could have a huge impact on studying the possibility of life in the outer solar system. Check it out:

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=6617

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