How Enceladus' ocean spray becomes chemically diverse ice grains

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What happened

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hides a global ocean beneath its frozen surface.

From fractures near its south pole, material from this ocean is ejected into space as a plume of water vapor and ice particles.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:00:01 UTC.

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