Enceladus: Hello Neighbours!!!

Enceladus: Hello Neighbours!!!

Did you ever wonder if there has been life on other planets in our solar system? I did or I still do! I think Astronomy is such an interesting subject however there is so much to learn. There are so many things that we still don’t know and scientists around the world are hard at work everyday to gain more information. One example of their hard work is the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. This spacecraft is an orbiter as well as a probe. In 2004, it finally reached Saturn and began probing/studying this planet and its moons like Enceladus (picture). Recently, scientists discovered from the data collected that there are geysers present on the moon Enceladus. These geysers apparently are shooting out water which maybe coming from a liquid water pool beneath the surface of the moon. So what does all this mean? Well, scientists seems to think that this water pool maybe capable of sustaining life, i.e.tiny living organisms. Not quite little green men!! or at least not yet!! Maybe someday!!

If you would like more information about the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, see the link below
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/index.cfm

To read more about the discovery of geysers on Enceladus, see the link below
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736311/

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