Of all the places in our solar system where life might be hiding out, Saturn’s frosty moon Enceladus might be the most tantalizing. The Moon is a vast ocean covered by an icy shell, and NASA’s Cassini mission offered intriguing glimpses of huge liquid water geysers erupting into space through cracks in the thick ice.
Enceladus is instantly recognizable thanks to its bold blue “tiger stripes,” which run parallel to each other across the moon’s south pole. Researchers have long wondered why this pattern emerged, and after carefully considering the possibilities and looking at all the available data, they think they’ve come up with the answer.
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Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus has icy ‘tiger stripes,’ and scientists just figured out why originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 16:12:52 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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