"Geyser" Moon Sprinkles Salt on Saturn's Rings
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 18:14
in Astronomy & Space
Sodium salts in Saturn's outermost ring could be coming from nearby Enceladus, studies show, seeding debate over whether the moon's geyser-like plumes are fueled by a subsurface ocean.
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