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[BBC]Sodium issue clouds Enceladus
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[BBC]Sodium issue clouds Enceladus# Aviation - 航空航天
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By Molly Bentley
Science reporter, San Francisco
An ocean is not the source of the jets emanating from Saturn's moon
Enceladus, a new study concludes.
The research questions the moon's promise as a target in the search for life
beyond Earth and has stirred controversy among scientists who dispute its
conclusions.
A chemical analysis of Enceladus, led by University of Colorado planetary
scientist Nick Schneider, failed to detect sodium, an element scientists say
should be in a body of water that
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"tiger stripe" on Enceladus
Eight jet source locations are identified (labelled with yellow roman
numerals). The hotspots identified through infrared observations are marked
by red boxes. All features on Enceladus take their names from places or
people in the Arabian Nights.
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