Saturn’s moon Enceladus contains phosphorous, which is the basic building block for life

Visually stunning, Saturn’s moon Enceladus is indeed. Because of the layer of ice on it, it is bright white and reflects the sun’s rays.

It is a resting place – except for its south pole. There, geysers erupt from cracks in the frozen surface. It indicates an environment.

Scientists have spent years studying the icy moon and its cold fountains. This is to understand the sea under the ice.

This discovery is of great importance because phosphorus is an important building block for life. He notes that beneath the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus are the building blocks of potentially life-friendly conditions.

The presence of liquid water, and now phosphorus, is of interest to scientists. And fuels the question of the possibility of extraterrestrial life in our solar system.

Further exploration and analysis will provide more insights into the possible existence of life beyond Earth. Enceladus now appears to be at the forefront of these studies.

“We have already found that Enceladus’ ocean is rich in a variety of organic compounds.” So says Frank Postberg, a planetary scientist at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Postberg led the new study, in an interview with Nature.

“But this new result now shows a clear chemical signature of large quantities of phosphorus salts (…). It is the first time that this essential element has been discovered in an ocean outside Earth.”