Case builds for water on Saturn moon


	Case builds for water on Saturn moon

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2-6-2008 7:57 PM

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saturn, enceladus, space, science, water, life, solar system

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                        PARIS (AFP) - 
Astrophysicists in <SPAN id="lw_1202326895_0" class="yshortcuts">Germany</SPAN> say they can add evidence to bolster theories that water, one of the precious ingredients for life, exists on the Saturnian moon Enceladus.                        
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Enceladus has a brilliant white shell of ice that is untouched except for some strange-looking grooves and impacts from space rocks.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080206/sc_afp/spacesaturnmoon_080206183816"><P>
Heat and water are two of the essentials for life as we know it, although anything that exists in Enceladus's presumed sub-surface ocean is likely to be microbial at best, scientists add.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080206/sc_afp/spacesaturnmoon_080206183816"><P>
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