Enceladus, Saturn's ocean world

[Jarod]

Isn't Saturn a bit on the cool side for sustaining life?

It was my impression that life would need to be on a planet situated very similarly to our earth in another solar system,
but then again, my exposure to the subject has been limited.

I’ve actually read a lot about this, there are scientists who believe that geothermal heat inside of some of Saturns moons would create enough heat to sustain some forms of life as we understand it. There are also a lot of scientist, who believed that life could develop much colder environments, but it would be significantly and fundamentally different than what we understand life to be.

 

[evince]

The Panspermia hypothesis suggests the biomolecules of life were delivered to Earth and possibly other planets from deep space. Supposedly organic compounds and amino acids are formed in regions of interstellar gas, get absorbed into asteroids, and ride around the galaxy seeding planets

And moons

 

[Cypress]

I’ve actually read a lot about this, there are scientists who believe that geothermal heat inside of some of Saturns moons would create enough heat to sustain some forms of life as we understand it. There are also a lot of scientist, who believed that life could develop much colder environments, but it would be significantly and fundamentally different than what we understand life to be.

If it's carbon based life, I don't see any reason it would be radically different at the cellular level than life we have observed on Earth.

On the other hand, I've heard some wild speculations about possible exotic forms of life in the liquid methane lakes of Titan.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

I suggest Cy start a new thread on this subject and ban you from it

OK, Karen. Then you guys won't have to deal with someone who knows chemistry better than you folks do.

Liquid water can't exist in that phase below 0 C, so it can't be that cold.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

If it's carbon based life, I don't see any reason it would be radically different at the cellular level than life we have observed on Earth.

On the other hand, I've heard some wild speculations about possible exotic forms of life in the liquid methane lakes of Titan.

Here's some "science", too:

Liquid water can't exist in that phase below 0 C, so it can't be that cold.

 

[BidenPresident]

OK, Karen. Then you guys won't have to deal with someone who knows chemistry better than you folks do.

Do not worry about Evince. That person writes insults to everyone.

 

[evince]

Do not worry about Evince. That person writes insults to everyone.

Who deserve them

 

[evince]

OK, Karen. Then you guys won't have to deal with someone who knows chemistry better than you folks do.

Go away you inflated empty head

 

[BidenPresident]

Who deserve them

You are one of the forum's worst trolls. No one gives a shit that you hate everyone.

 

[BidenPresident]

Go away you inflated empty head

^^Says the person who admitted they cannot understand math.

 

[evince]

If it's carbon based life, I don't see any reason it would be radically different at the cellular level than life we have observed on Earth.

On the other hand, I've heard some wild speculations about possible exotic forms of life in the liquid methane lakes of Titan.

It would make sense that the beginnings are pretty much the same everywhere


It may be more varied in the conditions than we know on earth


But it’s the evolving that is mostly creating the variations that can emerge

 

[evince]

^^Says the person who admitted they cannot understand math.

Where did I say that?


I said my mind has to work harder at it than those who’s brain structure created the perfect math student


For one it isn’t very interesting to me


Pretty much all the other basic subjects are fascinating to me


Math isn’t my perfect fit



Now realize you are doing exactly what the OP pinpoints about how we teach math


Shaming students who don’t have that perfect brain alignment


It’s a stupid way to teach

 

[BidenPresident]

W

You're a jerk. Back to ignore.

 

[evince]

Scientists caught Saturn's icy moon Enceladus spraying a "huge plume" of watery vapor far into space — and that plume likely contains many of the chemical ingredients for life.

Scientists first learned of Enceladus' watery blasts in 2005, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft caught icy particles shooting up through large lunar cracks called "tiger stripes." The blasts are so powerful that their material forms one of Saturn's rings, according to NASA.

Analysis revealed that the jets contained methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia — organic molecules containing chemical building blocks necessary for the development of life. It's even possible that some of these gases were produced by life itself, burping out methane deep beneath the surface of Enceladus, an international team of researchers posited in research published last year in The Planetary Science Journal.



https://www.space.com/james-webb-telescope-discovers-gargantuan-geyser-on-saturn-moon

Math instruction should be designed for non math centered brain structures


More people would be better served huh

 

[evince]

You're a jerk. Back to ignore.

Dude


And you think you are so wonderful that people flock to you?



Seriously


You have zero self knowledge

 

[Cypress]

It would make sense that the beginnings are pretty much the same everywhere


It may be more varied in the conditions than we know on earth


But it’s the evolving that is mostly creating the variations that can emerge

I was really bummed when those microbes in the Martian meteorite were called into question, remember that?

Life on Earth exists everywhere from frozen antarctic ice sheets to super heated thermal geysers on the ocean floor.

So Earth has a huge variety of environmental conditions life thrives in. I don't see super cold or super hot environmental conditions neccesarily implying we would see radically different life at the cellular level than what we have observed on Earth.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

Go away you inflated empty head

I'm still laughing about the "science" you guys do.

Liquid water can't exist in that phase below 0 C, so it can't be that cold.

This is HILARIOUS. And it's even better that he ran away and won't defend it. LOL. I even caught him in his lie.

So you like discussing science you don't understand with a liar.

Got it.

 

[evince]

Math instruction should be designed for non math centered brain structures


More people would be better served huh

Oops


I answered the wrong thread with this


Sorry guys

 

[evince]

I'm still laughing about the "science" you guys do.



This is HILARIOUS. And it's even better that he ran away and won't defend it. LOL. I even caught him in his lie.

So you like discussing science you don't understand with a liar.

Got it.

You are only discussing your sad emotional state here


Leave

 

[evince]

I was really bummed when those microbes in the Martian meteorite were called into question, remember that?

Life on Earth exists everywhere from frozen antarctic ice sheets to super heated thermal geysers on the ocean floor.

So Earth has a huge variety of environmental conditions life thrives in. I don't see super cold or super hot environmental conditions neccesarily implying we would see radically different life at the cellular level than what we have observed on Earth.

That one sure seemed promising


So little of the universe has fallen into our hands


Way too early to really decide what’s out there