Salt in Enceladus’ Geysers Hints at Subsurface Liquid Ocean

[/caption] Planetary scientists say the geysers shooting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus are likely to come from a subsurface sea of liquid water. During the Cassini spacecraft’s fly-through of the geyser’s plume on October 9, 2008, the instruments on board were able to measure the molecular weight of the chemicals in the ice. Detected were traces … Continue reading Salt in Enceladus’ Geysers Hints at Subsurface Liquid Ocean