Detection of Organic Molecules in Ice Grains Ejected from Enceladus's Ocean

Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, has long been regarded as one of the most compelling ocean worlds in the Solar System. Its subsurface ocean is composed of water, and what truly draws scientific attention is the ice plume erupting from fractures near its south pole. These ice grains are not products of surface weathering; rather, they originate from the deep interior ocean and are transported upward through fractures before being expelled directly into space.

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