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Enceladus: Ice-Jet Plumes

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On last weekend’s close flyby of Saturn’s moon, the Cassini robot photographed these giant plumes of ice venting on the sunlit edge. They suggest the existence of underground oceans on the ice world. Cassini also has a video of the auroras on Saturn’s poles, similar to those of earth.