Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus Blasts Water Into Space: New Simulations Decode Its Secrets

Simulations indicate that Saturn’s moon Enceladus ejects less ice into space than previously estimated. In the 1600s, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini aimed their telescopes at Saturn and made a groundbreaking discovery. What appeared to be glowing bands around the planet were not solid structures at all, but enormous rings made up of countless [...]

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