Warm water geysers have been found originating from the south pole of Jupiter’s small moon Enceladus. The Cassini spacecraft, sent to monitor the moon Titan, happened to pass close enough to the small moon Enceladus. Here, the amazing discovery was made of these spewing, quite shallow geysers providing not only information that a heat source was present but that a heat source was in a general localized area of this moon. Eceladus may be changing geologically.

Key Takeaways:

• Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to have a below surface ocean which is closest to the surface at Enceladus’ south pole.
• Enceladus also seems to have an internal source of heat in the south pole area.
• Scientists believe that Enceladus’ south pole area is self-reinforcing and continually produces new areas of active geology.

“In 2011, during Cassini’s closest pass over the moon Enceladus, RADAR got a good look at the moon’s south pole, where geysers spew water into space.”

Read more: https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/03/on-saturns-moon-enceladus-liquid-water-may-be-close-to-the-surface/