It was called 'stunning' for the world of astrobiology that a key building block for DNA and RNA could be found on one of Saturn's 124 moons.
NASA says it has made a key mineralogical discovery that provides an important step forward in its mission to search for signs of life, present and past, in outer space.
He said researchers found an"abundant" amount of phosphorous in ice samples that were spraying out in plumes from an ocean below the surface of the moon. Scientists have discovered other minerals in ice launched out of planetary matter, but none are as significant as this discovery.
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