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"I believe in climate change caused by human beings. What I'm skeptical about is the glib notion that it means the end of the world as we know it."

"The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging."

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<span>Fresh ice grains analyzed from the 2008 flyby collided with Cassini's cosmic dust analyzer at 64,800 kilometers per hour, providing clearer chemical compound detection than older particles found in Saturn's outermost rings.</span

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Fresh ice grains analyzed from the 2008 flyby collided with Cassini's cosmic dust analyzer at 64,800 kilometers per hour, providing clearer chemical compound detection than older particles found in Saturn's outermost rings.

<span>The newly detected molecular fragments include nitrogen and oxygen bearing compounds alongside previously identified organic molecules, confirming they originated from Enceladus's underground ocean rather than space radiation alteration.</span

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The newly detected molecular fragments include nitrogen and oxygen bearing compounds alongside previously identified organic molecules, confirming they originated from Enceladus's underground ocean rather than space radiation alteration.

<span>Enceladus now possesses all three conditions for habitability including liquid water, energy sources from suspected hydrothermal vents on its ocean floor, and complex organic molecules necessary for potential life formation.</span

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Enceladus now possesses all three conditions for habitability including liquid water, energy sources from suspected hydrothermal vents on its ocean floor, and complex organic molecules necessary for potential life formation.

<span>The European Space Agency plans a future mission to Enceladus around 2042 involving an orbiter and lander, while NASA develops robotic exploration tools to search for signs of life in the moon's subsurface ocean environment.</span

The European Space Agency plans a future mission to Enceladus around 2042 involving an orbiter and lander, while NASA develops robotic exploration tools to search for signs of life in the moon's subsurface ocean environment.

New Organic Molecules Found on Saturn's Moon Enceladus

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