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Cassini Science League

Cassini Science League

Cassini Science League endeavors to share with you more of the large and diverse volume of science generated by the scientists on the Cassini mission. Each Science League entry will highlight a science paper – or set of interrelated papers - and provide information on the publication in which the paper appears.

Negative Ions a Positive Sign for Liquid Water in Enceladus

Feb. 08, 2010


In recent dives through the water ice plume of Enceladus, the Cassini plasma spectrometer has found unexpected populations of charged molecules and dust that strengthen arguments for the presence of liquid water and the ingredients for life inside the icy moon.

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