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Ten things you need to know about our solar system this week: special Enceladus flyby edition


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[Fanna]

I love #7


Cassini's instruments showed that the jets from the geysers on Enceladus contain salty particles, organic molecules and ammonia ice. Salty ice particles dominate the mass of the plume, indicating the presence of an interface between an ocean and a rocky core. Scientifically interesting chemicals detected include hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, methane and other smaller hydrocarbons.

Oh really now? Hydrocarbons? HYDROCARBONS?! So nonchalant.