Cold Faithful.

• Autores: Charles Q. Choi
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 294, Nº. 5, 2006, págs. 29-29
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article reports that the Cassini space probe has detected a geyser plume of ice and dust emanating from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. This could indicate the presence of an underground ocean. Most of the ice falls back down in the form of snow. The rest of it escapes the moon's gravity, and appears to later form Saturn's blue outermost E ring. Researchers belive that Enceladus geysers are powered by heat.