From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2005 - 09:54:01 PST
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/cassini-05zc.html Data from the Cassini-Huygens satellite showing oxygen ions in the atmosphere around Saturn's rings suggests once again that molecular oxygen alone isn't a reliable indicator of whether a planet can support life.
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: Fri Feb 25 2005 - 10:05:49 PST
That and other data are outlined in two papers in the Feb. 25 issue of the journal Science co-authored by University of Michigan engineering professors Tamas Gombosi, J. Hunter Waite and Kenneth Hansen; and T.E. Cravens from the University of Kansas.