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Astronomers found, silica ejected in huge quantities from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, is evidence of heat vents on floor of ocean.
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According to new study, moon's core make currents that passes silica particles, which ejected from hydrothermal vents.
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Astronomers found, silica ejected in huge quantities from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, is evidence of heat vents.
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These hydrothermal vents releases heat in surrounding water. This new study creates possibility of the existance of life.
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Silica particles coming in the form of icy plumes, which supplies composition for making E-ring.
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Structure of Enceladus is so amazing, moon is covered by about 18-22 km deep thick ice.
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Due to elliptical orbit, planet varies strength of gravity. Variation in gravity causes compressing moon and heating it's core.
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Heating core leads to water presents in the liquid form below 10 km deep.
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Hydrothermal vents are just like heating ocean and causes upwelling currents of warm water,
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