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Saturnian oxygen
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed an oxygen atmosphere exists around Saturn's moon Dione.
Dione is only one of Saturn's 62 moons. However, the fact that other Saturn moons may also have oxygenated atmospheres and water molecules makes for an exciting combination that could produce life.
Dione orbits Saturn every 2.7 days and has an oxygen content equal with Earth's atmosphere at 300 miles high.
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