Saltiness of Enceladus’s oceans may be right to sustain life, theoretical model suggests

A team of researchers at MIT has found via theoretical modeling that the saltiness of the oceans on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, may be the right level to sustain life. Read more at In this video: The most prominent jets of vapor and icy particles emerging from the south polar terrain of Saturn’s moon Enceladus are shown here in graphical form in a movie clip of a “rotating” Enceladus. A mosaic constructed of images of Enceladus’ southern hemisphere (see PIA11126) from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft imaging science sub-system was projected onto a computer model of the moon to which vectors indicating the direction of the jets were added. Video Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Subscribe: Thank you for helping our YouTube channel reach new heights! Hitting subscribe aids us in our mission to bring you the latest and greatest research news in science, medicine and technology.