Saturn’s tides drive icy moon’s plumes
Enceladus' chilly jets ebb and flow in time with the planet’s tug
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PIERCING PLUMES Icy jets burst out of the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The plumes, shown here in a 2009 image from the Cassini spacecraft, emerge in response to Saturn’s tides.
NASA/JPL, Space Science Institute