Organic molecules in Enceladus ice grains (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Organic molecules in Enceladus ice grains

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The process of light, soluble and reactive organic molecules making their way onto ice grains emitted in jets of water from Saturn's moon Enceladus, where they were detected by the Cassini spacecraft.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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