Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft raise new questions about the origin of Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus and the heat driving its plume of ice and water vapor.
HOT STRIPES. Cassini’s instruments caught heat (orange and yellow) radiating from along the entire lengths of the 150-km fractures in Enceladus’ south polar region.
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