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Which icy moon of Saturn did NASA's Cassini spacecraft find spewing ocean geysers laced with organic chemicals?

Answer

Enceladus

Cassini flew directly through plumes erupting from Enceladus's south pole multiple times between 2005 and 2015, detecting organic molecules and hydrogen gas that point to hydrothermal activity in its subsurface ocean.

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Cassini-Huygens found organic chemicals in Saturn's moon Enceladus's ocean geysers, suggesting life conditions exist within our own solar system.

Other options people guess

  • Titan
  • Mimas
  • Iapetus

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  • saturn
  • astrobiology
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