Mystery Solved? New Clues Point to a Liquid Ocean on Enceladus.

Chemical composition of the plume on Enceladus, as reported in Nature. Credit: CICLOPS
A liquid plume is spewing from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus — but is it coming from heated ice on the surface, or a liquid ocean underneath?
Analysis of the plume's chemistry, detailed in the Cassini (CICLOPS) image above and reported in Nature this week, may put the debate to rest.
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