Tag: plumes


  • New Organic Molecules Found in Enceladus Water Jets

    New Organic Molecules Found in Enceladus Water Jets

    Enceladus Reveals a Rich Chemical World Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus keeps delivering surprises from beneath its southern ice: recent work based on archival data from NASA’s Cassini mission has identified a suite of complex organic molecules in the water jets that spray from its south pole. The findings bolster the view that Enceladus hosts a…