Saturn moon could be hospitable to life, new images suggest

Cassini spacecraft sees evidence for liquid water beneath the surface of Enceladus

New close-ups of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus taken by the Cassini spacecraft during a November flyby and released by NASA February 23 provide fresh evidence that the moon’s interior may be hospitable to life.

THE JETS OF ENCELADUS | The new Cassini images reveal more than 30 individual jets of water ice and vapor emanating from fissures near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.