Cassini Pinpoints Source Of Jets On Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 21:28
in Astronomy & Space
In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus. New carefully targeted pictures reveal exquisite details in the prominent south polar "tiger stripe" fractures from which the jets emanate.