Sentences with phrase «possible hydrothermal activity»

This cutaway view of Saturn's moon Enceladus is an artist's rendering that depicts possible hydrothermal activity that may be taking place on and under the seafloor of the moon's subsurface ocean, based on recently published results from NASA's Cassini mission.

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Impacts exposing subsurface ice deposits and generating hydrothermal activity are one possible explanation for the bright spots and Herschel's water vapor; «cryovolcanoes» that erupt volatiles such as water rather than rock are another.