Meanwhile…
…while people worry about Ashley Dupre’s Myspace page and high gas prices, the Cassini spacecraft is sending us information from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. It’s moving through geyser plumes 120 miles above the moon, giving us information about the chemical makeup of these geysers.
We just found out that instead of a cold, remote object, Enceladus actually has an atmosphere and a “warm” south pole.
In 2005, Cassini surprised scientists when it snapped images of geyser-like eruptions of ice particles and water vapor spewing from the south pole. The dramatic images effectively put Enceladus on the short list of places within the solar system most likely to have conditions suitable for extraterrestrial life.
Not that space exploration is exciting or anything!
Now, back to your regularly scheduled day…
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