101 geysers found on Saturn's moon Enceladus

101 Geysers Spotted on Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus
By Mike Wall, Senior Writer | July 29, 2014 07:17am ET
Cassini View of Enceladus Geysers
A view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looking across the geyser basin near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus, along fractures spewing water vapor and ice particles into space.
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The icy Saturn moon Enceladus sports at least 101 geysers, which reach all the way down to the satellite's subsurface ocean, new research suggests.

Scientists mapped out 101 geysers of water vapor and ice near Enceladus' south pole after analyzing images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft over a period of nearly seven years. This effort also helped astronomers trace the eruptions to their source, researchers said.

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