Cassini Finds Seeds of Life Near Saturn's Moon

摘要

A test of water vapor spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus shows it is gushing with organic molecules, increasing the possibility of life existing somewhere in the Saturn system. Scientists have been intrigued by the moon since the fountain of water was first spotted in 2005. Now they've identified a soup of pre-biotic material there, similar to what's found in comets, from an analysis of data collected by the Cassini spacecraft.