Hot water lake on Saturn is detected

The latest scientific news in ABC Science (Australia), scientists have discovered the existence of a hot lake deep beneath the moon's surface of the moon Enceladus - Saturn's sixth moon.

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The existence of a hot lake on an icy planet - Moon Saturn

ABC Science reports the latest science on the moon Enceladus - the sixth largest moon in the belt of Saturn , has ice about 48km thick on the surface. This is one of those places that hides the existence of hot lakes on this frozen planet.

Science news about the existence of a hot lake on Saturn

The minerals are absorbed into the water stream deep beneath the ice, creating a solution similar to the solution from hot lakes on Earth. Finding a place similar to Earth on another planet will help researchers confirm whether or not life currently exists in a place outside of Earth.

Discovered based on a study of Saturn's E dispersion gold belt, this belt was formed by a cracked section called " tiger stripes " in the southernmost satellite Enceladus that had a rich steam eruption Mineral salts. Scientists have discovered the chemical composition of silicon-rich bodies in the E belt. They found that the SiO2 (silica) molecule is super-small, they penetrate the surface water molecules. Enceladus' ice face.

Latest scientific information about signs of life can exist on another planet

Previously, NASA's Cassini spacecraft discovered that this belt has currents flowing under the ice containing other elements such as phosphorus, sulfur, potassium and sodium mixed in.

Currently, based on the microscopic composition and size (radius of 2 to 8 nanometers) of silicon-rich silica particle molecules, the University of Colorado researcher Hsiang-Wen Hsu and colleagues found that, The main component of silica particles formed in a solution with a pH above 8.5, at temperatures above 90 ° C creates a hydrothermal reaction. This reaction, combined with continuous geothermal movements, will quickly form hydrothermal products from the ocean floor - the emergence of hot pools located deep beneath the ice.

Science news finds hot water on Saturn's frozen planet

Through research shows that the coming path of the journey to find life outside of Earth continues to be full of hardships but there are also many hopes . Traces of organic matter, water, or the formation of hot lakes on Saturn raise the scientific belief in life that can exist on extraterrestrial planets.