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Articles tagged: hydrothermal activity

  • Cassini Mission, Enceladus, Europa, hydrothermal activity, Water vapour plumes 14 April 2017 Cassini finds evidence for hydrothermal vent activity on Enceladus

    ...with rock beneath the sea. This new finding is therefore an independent line of evidence supporting the theory of hydrothermal activity taking place in the ocean of Enceladus. This graphic illustrates how Cassini scientists think water interacts with...

    • Cassini Mission
    • Enceladus
    • Europa
    • hydrothermal activity
    • Water vapour plumes
  • Cassini Mission, Enceladus, hydrothermal activity, Methane, microbial life 07 July 2021 Methane detected on Enceladus could be a sign of life, study shows

    ...and methane in the plume. Interestingly, the team’s results suggest that Cassini's data is consistent with microbial hydrothermal vent activity. “Biological methanogenesis appears to be compatible with the data,” Ferriere says. But, say the team, the...

    • Cassini Mission
    • Enceladus
    • hydrothermal activity
    • Methane
    • microbial life
  • Cassini Mission, Enceladus, Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS), Life on other planets 24 January 2020 New study suggests Enceladus' oceans more habitable than previously thought

    ... and colleagues say that chemical reactions with iron deep in Enceladus’ core is creating molecular hydrogen (H2). Then hydrothermal activity bursting through quartz-bearing carbonated rocks produces silica-rich fluids. These rocks also have the...

    • Cassini Mission
    • Enceladus
    • Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS)
    • Life on other planets
  • 17 December 2015 Last look at geological activity on Enceladus before Cassini moves on

    ... showing a cutaway view into the interior of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, suggested to have a global ocean and likely hydrothermal activity. A plume of ice particles, water vapour and organic molecules sprays from fractures in the moon's south polar...

  • Cassini Mission, Enceladus, plumes 06 November 2017 Enceladus more active than previously thought

    ...'s more, these intense jets also seem associated with ongoing seafloor hydrothermal activity. But despite these alluring aspects, a process to explain the transport of hydrothermal products from the core to the plume sources and a mechanism to fuel...

    • Cassini Mission
    • Enceladus
    • plumes
  • Nicole Scott, Space for Art February 2016 Space for art

    ... to Saturn. Further Cassini mission discoveries revealed strong evidence of a global ocean and the first signs of potential hydrothermal activity beyond Earth – making this tiny Saturnian moon one of the leading locations in the search for possible...

    • Nicole Scott
    • Space for Art
    Authors: Nicole Stott    

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