Ever since 2005, when NASA's Cassini orbiter found plumes of water vapor spilling out of cracks in the south pole of Saturn's
icy moon Enceladus, researchers have sought to learn more about the
moon's
mysterious interior as a possible abode for extraterrestrial life.
Saturn's
Icy Moons Are a Little Less Mysterious Thanks to Cassini's Long Mission: Perhaps its greatest contribution to science is helping us learn about the many icy moons circling Saturn and its elegant rin
Icy Moons Are a Little Less Mysterious Thanks to Cassini's Long Mission: Perhaps its greatest contribution to science is helping us learn about the many icy moons circling Saturn and its elegant r
Moons Are a Little Less
Mysterious Thanks to Cassini's Long Mission: Perhaps its greatest contribution to science is helping us learn about the many
icy moons circling Saturn and its elegant rin
icy moons circling Saturn and its elegant r
moons circling Saturn and its elegant rings.
Even today, they may be spewing ice from the
moon's
icy interior into space, creating a cloud of fine ice particles over the
moon's South Pole and creating Saturn's
mysterious E-ring.