Sentences with phrase «icy particles spraying»
NASA's Cassini spacecraft discovered hydrogen in the plume of gas and icy particles spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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More startling, Cassini found that Enceladus, just one - tenth the size of Titan, is also active, venting water vapor and a spray of fine icy particles from cracks at its south pole.
The finding implies the fine spray of water vapor, icy particles and simple organic molecules Cassini has observed coming from fractures near the moon's south pole is being fed by this vast liquid water reservoir.