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Enceladus Ocean
October 16 , 2022
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- Enceladus is sixth largest moon of Saturn.
- Recently, A team of scientists have discovered dissolved phosphorus in the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
- It is providing new evidence for a key building block for life Enceladus has an ice-covered water ocean that erupts into space.
- It forms a plume that contains almost all of the basic requirements of terrestrial life, according to observations made by the Cassini spacecraft.
- Phosphorus is an element that is essential to the DNA, biofilms and bones that make up living organisms.
- Phosphorus can only be used by organisms if it is dissolved in water.
- The water on Enceladus is highly alkaline and oxygen-free compared to the water on Earth.
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