Tokyo Institute of Technology: NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus' Ocean
June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023
TOKYO, Japan, June 27 (TNSjou) -- Tokyo Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
Phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, has been found in icy grains emitted by the small moon and is likely abundant in its subsurface ocean.
Using data collected by NASA's Cassini mission, an international team of scientists [including Tokyo Tech Earth-Life Science Institute researchers Yasuhito Sekine, Kento Furuya and Shuya Tan] has disco . . .
Phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, has been found in icy grains emitted by the small moon and is likely abundant in its subsurface ocean.
Using data collected by NASA's Cassini mission, an international team of scientists [including Tokyo Tech Earth-Life Science Institute researchers Yasuhito Sekine, Kento Furuya and Shuya Tan] has disco . . .