Beams of electrons link Saturn with its moon Enceladus
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed that Enceladus, one of Saturn's diminutive moons, is linked to Saturn by powerful electrical currents - beams of electrons that flow back and forth between the planet and moon. The finding is part of a paper published in Nature today.