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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Saturn Moon's Ice Geysers Create "Cosmic Graffiti"


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A colorized image from the Cassini spacecraft shows a giant geyser emitting a fine spray of material from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. New research suggests that the icy spray from Enceladus's geysers is blasting other, nearby moons with ice particles, making them brighter and more reflective.

Image courtesy NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory