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Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon's Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity


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Saturn moon Enceladus

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 mi

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity which may resemble that seen in the deep oceans on Earth.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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