"NASA said Cassini images show icy jets and towering plumes ejecting huge quantities of particles at high speed. After studying the images, the scientists believe they show evidence of water jets erupting from near the icy surface."
"We realize that this is a radical conclusion, that we may have evidence of liquid water within a body so small and so cold," said Carolyn Porco, a Cassini team leader at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. "However, if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar system environments where we might possibly have conditions suitable for living organisms."
Boy would this be a huge boost for NASA's space program amidst the financial problems and cutbacks they'd be likely facing if something big didn't happen fairly soon. Perfect timing, hm...
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