Artist’s impression of the Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes erupting from the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. These plumes are much like geysers and expel a combination of water vapor, ice grains, salts, methane, and other organic molecules. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Interaction between moon’s plumes and Saturn’s ring system explored with Webb
Enceladus—a tiny, icy moon of Saturn—is one of the most intriguing objects in the search for signs of life beyond our own planet.
Under a crust of ice lies a global ocean of salty water. Jets, supplied by that ocean, gush from…
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