Liquid Found On Saturn

The liquid found on Saturn’s satellite, Titan makes one of the most exciting and challenging discoveries in a hundred years, since except for Earth, this is the second solar body with open lakes on the surface in the planetary system. NASA’s press release informed the public that the open lake structures consisted of liquid hydrocarbons like ethane. Cassini spacecraft was the probe to send hundreds of pictures of Saturn and its satellites in its forty close flybys in the area. Scientists came to the conclusion that there could be large oceans of methane, ethane and various other hydrocarbons; the dark color of the liquid found on Saturn’s moon could only point to these components of crude oil. Nevertheless, the liquid form was not 100% sure until a probe got on Titan in January 2005.

Liquid found on saturn

The size of these pools or lakes of liquid found on Saturn’s satellite could run as deep as some hundred feet. Cassini spacecraft used an infrared scanning technique to approximate the size of these formations. Yet, the main issue remains as whether this planet can support life or not. Liquid found on Saturn’s other moon, Enceladus, seems to be water springing from high pressure geysers fueled by reservoirs just below the cold planet surface. Could such scientific evidence begin a new era in the planetary exploration programs? Though life remains difficult to imagine in the cold conditions of this cold world, right beneath the surface of Enceladus, all the premises indicate that life is more than possible.

Consequently the liquid found on Saturn’s Enceladus triggered a whole set of 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. Last but not least, in the hot areas closer to core, deep down in Saturn’s layers, the temperature could also generate 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 moons. 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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