Wednesday, January 15

Tag: biomolecules

More proof for crucial components to life discovered on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

More proof for crucial components to life discovered on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

Science and Nature
Even 6 years after its remarkable plunge into Saturn's environment, NASA's now total Cassini objective continues to sustain discovery. Information from the objective just recently exposed proof that the huge plume of water vapor and ice grain gushing from Saturn's moon Enceladus includes hydrogen cyanide. This direct particle is essential to the origin of life. Cassini discovered strong verification for the particle and the possibility that the ocean under Enceladus' icy external shell holds an effective source of chemical energy. The findings were released December 14 in Nature Astronomy [Related: NASA hopes its snake robot can search for alien life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.] In June, a brand-new analysis of Cassini information discovered that, in theory, Enceladus has all the che...