Scientists: Saturn’s moon could be habitable

The work of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was published in the journal Science Advances, that Saturn’s moon Enceladus is covered with oceans whose salinity reaches the level necessary for the origin of life.

The team developed a model that reproduces the characteristics of the satellite. Calculations showed that more salty areas of the oceans correspond to thicker ice at the poles of the planet, and vice versa – less salty water is found under the thinner ice at the equator.

Scientists have also found that the salinity of the water on Saturn’s moon can be about 30 grams of salt per kilogram of water. The salinity of Earth’s oceans is 35 grams of salt per kilogram of water.

Previously, the Cassini space probe sampled geyser-like water jets from the surface of Enceladus. According to scientists, this water contains organic matter that could support life on Enceladus.

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