Enceladus

[ en-sel-uh-duhs ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a giant with a hundred arms buried under Mount Etna, in Sicily.
2. Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.

Enceladus

¹

/ ɛnˈsɛlədəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a giant who was punished for his rebellion against the gods by a fatal blow from a stone cast by Athena. He was believed to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily

Enceladus

²

noun

1. a very bright satellite of Saturn

Example Sentences

When scientists using NASA's Cassini space probe discovered organic compounds in blocks of ice from Enceladus, they wondered if this meant the Saturnian moon might have the ingredients for life.

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In the process, they obtained a tantalizing clue on how explorers can determine if Enceladus harbors extraterrestrials.

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Previous experiments never studied the organic compounds from Enceladus in hydrothermal conditions such as those believed to exist on the moon's its subsurface ocean.

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The scholars drew up new guidelines for understanding biosignatures from life-sustaining elements in future Enceladus missions, publishing their findings in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.

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They did so by analyzing data from the Cassini mission and using it to create on Earth a simulated version of the hydrothermal fields at the bottom of Enceladus' ocean.

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