Oxygen found on Saturn's moon Rhea

Guardian ^ | 11/25/20 | Ian Sample

[LibWhacker]

Nasa's Cassini probe has scooped oxygen from the thin atmosphere of Rhea – the first time the gas has been detected directly on another world

A spacecraft has tasted oxygen in the atmosphere of another world for the first time while flying low over Saturn's icy moon, Rhea.

Nasa's Cassini probe scooped oxygen from the thin atmosphere of the planet's moon while passing overhead at an altitude of 97km in March this year.

Until now, wisps of oxygen have only been detected on planets and their moons indirectly, using the Hubble space telescope and other major facilities.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[martin_fierro]

Nasa's Cassini probe has scooped oxygen from the thin atmosphere of Rhea

Raelian.

[Abin Sur]

It should be borne in mind that Rhea’s atmosphere has only 1 part in 5 trillion the density of Earth’s atmosphere. That’s about 0.00000000005%...so it’s not exactly as if Rhea’s swimming with the stuff.

[TChad]

Size comparison of Rhea, the Moon, and Earth.

[Jet Jaguar]

Good thing.

We may need to mine it.

[jmcenanly]

This is the stuff that is escaping from under the ice. Who knows what is going on in Rhea’s ocean

[goseminoles]

If Algore has anything to say about it, he’ll call it diahreah..

[KevinDavis]

[GeronL]

true, the real oxygen is in the ice or under it

[ColdOne]

don’t tell the EPA they will tax it.

[onedoug]

Oxygen: ´Can´t live with it, can´t live without it.

It kills us. It oxidizes our cells.

[SunkenCiv]

well, that's unattractive. :') Thanks martin.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks martin, sort of. :')

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[BenLurkin]

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[NormsRevenge]

Cool.. Whew.. otherwise we’d all have to hold our breaths indefinitely if and when we run out of it here.. :-}

a mission yielding a lot of good data about other worlds, money well spent? someday..

[reagan_fanatic]

[GOPJ]

Thanks

[Psalm_2]

Oxygen: ´Can´t live with it, can´t live without it. It kills us. It oxidizes our cells.

oxidation can be altered, depending on the concentration & pressure. for more info click here:

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