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The liquid found on Saturn’s satellite, Titan makes one of the most thrilling and challenging discoveries of our century, since besides Earth, this is the only other solar body with open lakes on the surface in the system. NASA’s press release informed the public that the open lake structures consisted of liquid hydrocarbons like ethane. In the many close flybys around Saturn and its moons, Cassini probe took a large number of pictures of these planetary system. Scientists came to the conclusion that there could be real oceans of methane, ethane and various other hydrocarbons; the speculation of crude oil components was confirmed by the dark color of the substance revealed on Titan. Nevertheless, the liquid form was not 100% sure until a probe reached the surface of Titan in January 2005.

Liquid found on saturn

The depth of these pools or lakes of liquid found on Saturn’s satellite could run as deep as some hundred feet. Infrared scanning by Cassini spacecraft allowed an approximation of the features. However, the main issue remains as whether this planet can support life or not. Another Saturn moon, Enceladus, revealed cold water geysers issuing from liquid reservoirs lying a little below the frozen soil. Could such discoveries begin a new era in the planetary exploration programs? Though life is difficult to imagine in the cold conditions of this icy world, right beneath the surface of Enceladus, all the premises indicate that there are chances for life to develop.

Hence the liquid found on Saturn’s Enceladus set the course for new investigations for life in the solar system. Plus, the other prerequisite for life existence on Enceladus, organic materials, is also met: there is methane, ethane, carbon dioxide and several others. Finally, near the thermal vents, deep down in Saturn’s center, the temperature could also create a favorable environment for the evolution of life forms.

Liquid found on saturn

The liquid found on Saturn’s moons makes the most exciting discovery in the last twenty five years, since the moment when volcanic activity was revealed on one of Jupiter’s satellites. Though the source of the water geysers could not be spotted by the camera of the spacecraft the water and ice sprays were very visible in the sunlight, in the polar region of Enceladus. An identical alternation of hot and icy patterns specific to commets is present in this Enceladus combination of hot water and icy particles. Then, the only reasonable conclusion is that water does exist beneath the soil of Enceladus!

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