Detecting sea water on Moon Enceladus of Saturn

For years, astronomers have been constantly searching for planets capable of nurturing life.

Recently, scientists have confirmed that a Moon has water and can sustain life under thick ice on its surface, which is a Saturnian Moon: Enceladus .

The steam ejected from Enceladus's south pole was discovered in 2005. (Photo: PA)

Enceladus' sea is about 29-39km deep under the ice, and can be larger than Lake Superior, the largest lake in North America's Great Lakes system. This finding comes after scientists measured the data sent from NASA's Cassini ship.

In 2005, Cassini sent amazing images of the scene of steam coming out of Enceladus' surface, and the new discovery, published in Science, confirmed the existence of a deep sea of ​​water. 10 km is located in the far south of this moon.

"This sea of ​​water can extend to halfway or more towards Enceladus' equator, in many different directions. This means that its area may be as big or more than Lake Superior's area." Professor David Stevenson of California Institute of Technology (Caltech) said.

Enceladus has a thick layer of ice on the surface, rock core, and has a sea of ​​water sandwiched between these two layers at the South Pole.(Photo: PA)

The marks on the surface of Enceladus, called "tiger stripes" , are cracks where the steam is sprayed out.(Photo: PA)

Before Enceladus, water was also discovered under the Moon's surface bearing the name Europa of Jupiter. Scientists believe that both Moons are capable of nurturing habitats for extraterrestrial bacteria.