Enceladus shoots supersonic jets of water : Nature News

Four supersonic jets of water vapour have been detected within the enormous geyser of gas and dust that spurts from the south polar region of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Full Story »

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by Glenn LaBauve - Nov. 26, 2008

Scientific writing by it's very nature is clear and without pretension. The linked article reports on the report. The significance can not be understated ,

The universe is waiting, yet we remain bound to the 1970s limits on our exploration. Thank you Dick Nixon,

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by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 26, 2008
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by Nicholas Bentley - Nov. 26, 2008

Standard science reporting of water jets found shooting from the surface of Saturn's moon, Enceladus. Competing theories and models of how these jets are formed are discussed but the issue of a liquid water underground reservoir is not resolved.

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