The Cassini spacecraft has recorded jets of water
ice on several flights near the surface of Saturn's moon, Enceladus, which may
indicate a favorable habitat for the existence of life.
These geysers, which arise through cracks in the icy surface of Saturn's sixth
moon, could reveal the existence of a vast underground sea.
"Cassini has flown several times through these particles and analyzed. We
found that apart from water and organic material, there is salt in the particles
of ice. Salinity is the same as that existing in the oceans of the Earth"
Porco said.
