The phosphorous is locked inside salt-rich ice grains ejected into space from Enceladus, and the findings have been published by a German-led international team of scientists in the journal Nature.
Saturn's moon Enceladus is known for spewing jets of water-ice into space, with new research revealing a potential mechanism ...
The study's author explains how understanding Enceladus' expulsions is instrumental to understanding the potential ...
"We aim to continue to investigate ways we can use geophysical measurements to better understand the conditions which may ...
"There are a few elements that are very important for life as we know it, and that's hydrogen, carbon, phosphorus, sulfur, ...
Despite its charmingly bug-sized name, Dragonfly is a beast of a machine unlike any NASA's ever designed, and will be able to ...
The ring-surrounded planet of Saturn is best known for being one of NASA's subjects for space exploration, with various ...
In the case of Dragonfly, NASA confirmed the mission with a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion and a launch date of July 2028. That is roughly twice the mission's original proposed cost and a delay ...
From 2004 to 2017, Cassini – a joint mission between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency – ...
As a planetary scientist and astrobiologist who studies ice grains from Enceladus, I'm interested in whether there is life on ...
It appears to have the ingredients for life. From 2004 to 2017, Cassini – a joint mission between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency – investigated Saturn, its rings and ...