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Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus


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Saturn moon Enceladus

Illustration of the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus showing a global liquid water ocean between its rocky core and icy crust. Thickness of layers shown here is not to scale.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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