Salt may signal that an underground ocean lurks inside a moon circling Saturn, according to NASA. The Cassini spacecraft discovered sodium, or salt, for the first time in grains of ice from the outermost Saturnian ring, leading researchers to deduce that Enceladus, the Saturnian moon, may harbor a reservoir of liquid water -- perhaps an ocean -- beneath its surface. Jets of water spray from Enceladus to replenish the ring. And there is something interesting in that water. For the…
Ocean May Hide Within Saturnian Moon; Salt Provides Clue For Cassini Mission
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