[Junior]

I'm holding out for a crashed flying saucer ;^)>

[Junior]

Science ping.

[BostonianRightist]

science ping

[Uncle Miltie]

Wow! I can connect from Saturn's Moon! Must be a Starbucks nearby....

[Izzy Dunne]

All these worlds are yours.
Except Echiladas.

Attempt no landing there.

[FreePaul]

There is a hot spot on one of Saturn's moons which should not be there and has yet to be explained...

Well! There will surely be a Senate investigation to come up with an explanation. People can't be trusted to come up with their own conclusions.

...80 degrees Kelvin (-193 degrees Celsius, -316 degrees Fahrenheit)

Yeah. That's really hot.

[Gumlegs]

Caused, no doubt, by our failure to ratify the Kyoto Treaty.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Power generator. Nothing to see here. Move on.

[Alter Kaker]

What? Scientists cannot explain the existence of this hotspot? Astronomy has failed, it must be hokum! We need to teach our high school students opposing approaches. Astrology! Dianetics!

[Gefreiter]

"There is a hot spot on one of Saturn's moons which should not be there and has yet to be explained"

This hot spot...it's not, um, rectangular or monolithic, is it...?

[taxesareforever]

There is a hot spot on one of Saturn's moons which should not be there and has yet to be explained, scientists said on Tuesday

It's a nuclear reactor.

[martin_fierro]

A L L   T H E S E   W O R L D S
A R E   Y O U R S   E X C E P T
E U R O P A   E N C E L A D U S
A T T E M P T   N O   L A N D I N G S  T H E R E
U S E   T H E M   T O G E T H E R
U S E   T H E M   I N   P E A C E

[colorado tanker]

Is there a big black metallic slab embedded on the surface?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

On Enceladus

Credit:	John Whatmough
Image Number:	026
Created:	1997
Available Resolution:	1024x768

On the frozen Saturnian moon Enceladus a water-ice geyser erupts into the sky. Some theories suggest that such geysers feed Saturn's faint E ring.

This image is Copyright © by John Whatmough, all rights reserved.

[martin_fierro]

The hot spot is unusual because it occurs at the pole, scientists said...
This suggests that the heat at Enceladus' southern pole is generated from within

That's pretty much what happens to me when I eat an enceladus. Er, an enchilada.

[from occupied ga]

temperature hit 91 degrees Kelvin

Positively torrid

[fish hawk]

They think it's a moon but it's the Deathstar.

[SolidRedState]

Alien vs. Predator

[JIM O]

When I read the headline I thought this would be an article about Bill Clinton spending time on Saturn.

[Rockitz]

Cue "Twilight Zone" theme song......

[Republicanus_Tyrannus]

Weird thing is they are "ruling out" the idea of radioactivity in the crust. I can't for the life of me understand why they think that it wouldn't explain it. In Africa, there is ample evidence of prior, natural fission "reactor"-type mineral deposits where enough radioactive material had been deposited to sustain a chain reaction. Google "Oklo Gabon Africa" and you'll see. There has also been evidence that one or more of these "natural reactor" sites actually worked as a fast breeder reactor.

Here's a site that describes them: http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/factsheets/doeymp0010.shtml

I don't understand why this couldn't be a mechanism to explain the hot spot.