Jump to content

Talk:Enceladus

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Featured articleEnceladus is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 20, 2006.
In the newsOn this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
April 17, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
June 2, 2006Featured article candidatePromoted
July 26, 2016Featured article reviewKept
In the news A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on April 5, 2014.
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 28, 2012, August 28, 2017, August 28, 2021, and August 28, 2023.
Current status: Featured article

Cassini flyby of plume

[edit]

The data gathered by Cassini in her final flybys in October (E21) and December 2015 (E22) are expected to yield some clues regarding the chemistry of the moon's ocean and prospects for some form of biochemistry. The data may not be published until December 2016, it seems....

Cassini did a final flyby of Enceladus in late October that targeted the chemistry of the plumes directly. The INMS team, which includes Glein, is searching for molecular hydrogen in that plume, which would be chemical evidence of active serpentinization. An absence of molecular hydrogen would be a sign that the serpentinization is extinct. The data analysis from this flyby may be completed in time for the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting in December. Glein added that the planned NASA mission to Europa includes advanced descendants of both the CDA and INMS instruments, meaning that in a decade or two, scientists can start to make these same measurements at Europa. This will allow us to better understand the importance of serpentinization across the Solar System.

http://www.space.com/32021-how-life-friendly-is-enceladus-ocean.html