Researchers study methane-rich plumes from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus

Researchers study methane-rich plumes from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2015 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has measured a curious abundance of methane spewing into the atmosphere of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. A team of American and French scientists published findings in Geophysical Research Letters suggesting two scenarios that could explain the methane abundance observed in the plumes. In 2005 Cassini's magnetometer and imaging data revealed the surprising existenc ... more

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