Organic Molecules in Enceladus Ice Grains Hint at Amino-Acid Precursors from a Subsurface Ocean
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New organic compounds that could form amino acids have been detected in ice grains from Enceladus’ plumes, linking its subsurface hydrothermal ocean to molecules captured in Saturn’s E ring and suggesting the ocean could seed amino-acid formation, a conclusion highlighted by Nozair Khawaja and Jon Hillier.
