NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed that Enceladus, a tiny moon orbiting beyond Saturn’s rings, may be capable of hosting some of the life forms found on Earth, NASA Science News reported today.
Planetary scientists using Cassini’s spectrometers found that more than 90 jets near the moon’s south pole are spurting water vapor, organic material, salt and icy particles through fissures. Essentially, it is snowing on Enceladus, and the snow’s composition is microbe-friendly, making this moon a prime candidate for gathering samples in the search for life .... Read more at http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com
