"Cassini" that Enceladus may have liquid water.

NASA "Cassini," said project scientist 9, is exploring Saturn, "Cassini" spacecraft, it may have found Saturn's moon Enceladus the evidence on the existence of liquid water. .Scientists say that these are shallow buried liquid water, Enceladus may unlock the key to a series of strange phenomena. .Scientists in the 10 issue of the new issue of "Science" magazine reported the findings. .They said that last year, "Cassini" spacecraft flew by Enceladus at close range four times, especially in the last year in July, the spacecraft from the surface of Enceladus is only 168 km, over the Antarctic region, the region's high shot .clear picture. .Project scientists analyzing the images and found that Enceladus has a series of cracks in the Antarctic region and vents, exhaust vents, the pieces of ice which formed the phenomenon of Enceladus eruptions. .However, these pieces of ice come from? .Scientists in the thesis, these pieces of ice from Enceladus is the source of shallow surface of liquid water. .They explained that the liquid water covered with a layer of ice, when the temperature is zero degrees Celsius, the pressure of 612 Pa, the water of solid, liquid and gas tri-state to maintain balance. .However, if covering the ice cracks appear, it will happen: on the one hand steam eruptions, on the other hand the rapid formation of ice shavings emit steam. .Enceladus is about 500 km in diameter, however, the surface temperature is below minus 100 degrees Celsius. ."Cassini" Image Analysis Team Leader, the paper said the first of the Boer Ke, in such a small, cold stars on the existence of liquid water seems to be "absurd", but it could mark a kind of water in the solar system .forms. .Previously, scientists have found that Jupiter's moon Europa (also known as "Europa") on the liquid water may exist, based on subsurface "ocean" form. .The shallow Enceladus liquid water, a completely different forms. .Scientists pointed out that Enceladus may have liquid water on the idea of support by several facts. .For example, similar to the surface of Enceladus tiger stripes, is likely to be signs of cracking ice; high content of oxygen atoms near Saturn, Enceladus is likely to erupt from the water molecules break down. .</ P>.