Hot spot on Enceladus causes plumes

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Hot spots on Saturns tiny satellite Enceladus could be telltale signs of life on the frigid moon. Photo courtesy NASA
Hot spots on Saturn's tiny satellite Enceladus could be telltale signs of life on the frigid moon. Photo courtesy NASA

Enceladus, the tiny satellite of Saturn, is colder than ice, but data gathered by the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan has detected a hot spot that could mean there is life in the old moon after all. In fact, for researchers of the outer planets, Enceladus is so intellectually hot, it's smokin'.


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