Ingredients for life found on strange Saturn moon.


	Ingredients for life found on strange Saturn moon.

tabsey

3-27-2008 4:53 AM

353 views

tags:

space

tabsey says:

Maybe this is where the mormons are going. Room for about 40000people on a planet this size.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from March 27, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1341003a-a1d0-4494-b454-f6a528f9b1ac/11C5D717-30DC-4230-9954-78F1DAF92526/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theage.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.theage.com.au/img/44090B1A-60DA-4773-AA56-4F79FCC87B3C" alt="Geyser-like eruptions of ice particles and water vapor shoot from the south pole of Saturn's moon, Enceladus." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html"><P>Geyser-like eruptions of ice particles and water vapor shoot from the south pole of Saturn's moon, Enceladus.<BR /><SMALL>Photo: <EM>AP Photo/NASA</EM></SMALL></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html"><P>The basic ingredients for life - warmth, water and organic
chemicals - are in place on Saturn's small moon Enceladus,
scientists say.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html"><P>Their conclusion, outlined today, came after examination of data
from the Cassini spacecraft which flew through huge plumes erupting
off the moon's surface on March 12.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html"><P>Scientists working on the US-European mission did not say they
had detected any actual evidence of life on Enceladus, where
geysers at its south pole continuously shoot watery plumes some
800km off its icy surface into space.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html"><P>But they said the building blocks for life were there, and
described the plumes as a surprising organic brew, like carbonated
water with an essence of natural gas.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ingredients-for-life-found-in-space/2008/03/27/1206207254203.html"><P>"Water vapour was the major constituent.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/11C5D717-30DC-4230-9954-78F1DAF92526/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips