Discriminating Aromatic Parent Compounds and Their Derivative Isomers in Ice Grains From Enceladus and Europa Using a Laboratory Analogue for Spaceborne Mass Spectrometers
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DOI: 10.1029/2022ea002807
Abstract: Results from the CassiniâHuygens space mission at Enceladus revealed a substantial inventory of organic species embedded in plume and E ring ice grains originating from a global subsurface and putative habitable ocean. Compositional analysis by… read more here.
Keywords: enceladus europa; ice grains; space; parent compounds ... See more keywords
A Novel Strategy to Seek Biosignatures at Enceladus and Europa
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DOI: 10.1089/ast.2017.1667
Abstract: Abstract A laboratory experiment is suggested in which conditions similar to those in the plume ejecta from Enceladus and, perhaps, Europa are established. With the use of infrared spectroscopy and... read more here.
Keywords: astrobiology; strategy seek; seek biosignatures; enceladus europa ... See more keywords