Japanese planetary scientists managed to prove that in the depths of Enceladus actually originate geysers. The mechanisms of their formation represent favourable conditions for the emergence of life in under-ice ocean, which was previously found on this moon of Saturn.

As they say in an article published in the journal Nature Communications, the composition of the particles of sand from the geysers of Enceladus, revealed in early this year by the Cassini spacecraft, claims that the ocean has existed since the birth of the Solar system. According to researchers, in its bowels every day hydrogen is formed, a potential "food" for the ordinary bacteria.

Dr. Yasuhito Sekine from Tokyo Institute wanted to reproduce the formation of these particles of sand in the laboratory in order to understand what conditions prevail in the ocean of Enceladus at present, and thereby assessing its suitability for life. After going through several varieties of temperature and chemical composition of the porous core of Enceladus, the geysers generating and which are the "building blocks" for parts of sand, Sekine came to the conclusion that the chances of the population of the earth to find life in the depths of Saturn's incredibly high.

With all of this should be taken into consideration, explain the researchers, the oceans of Earth and Enceladus do not like each other. The main difference is that on Saturn the reservoirs filled with not only salt, but also soda, indicating that the presence of thousands of volatile substances like ammonia and carbon dioxide, which could be in large number in the primary matter of the Solar system, which was "sleplena" the core of the planet. However, this theory scientists will be able to check at the end of this week, when Cassini will make the a bottomless dive through the geysers on this moon of Saturn.
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