NASA mission Cassini detects chemical energy source for life on Saturn moon

epa05906947 A handout illustration made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on 13 April 2017 shows the Nasa ‘Cassini’ unmanned spacecraft diving through the plume of the Saturn moon Enceladus in 2015. NASA on 13 April 2017 confirmed the discovery of hydrogen in the icy plumes erupting from Enceladus’ surface. The plumes contain the necessary ingredients to support life and the confirmation of this ‘chemical energy for life existing within the ocean of a small moon of Saturn is an important milestone in our search for habitable worlds beyond Earth’, Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, said. The Cassini probe, a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency ESA and Italy’s ASI space agency, has been orbiting Saturn since 2004. New ocean world discoveries from the Cassini probe and the Hubble space telescope will help inform future exploration and the broader search for life beyond Earth, NASA said in a corresponding media release. EPA/NASA/JPL-CALTECH HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
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