New organic compounds found in ice grains of Saturn moon

Examining data from NASA’s Cassini mission, scientists have detected new kinds of organic compounds in ice grains of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

The newly discovered molecules were determined to be nitrogen- and oxygen-bearing compounds. On Earth, similar compounds are part of chemical reactions that produce amino acids, the building blocks of life.

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