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Oceans of Europa and Enceladus

Chapter 1

Europa the frozen jewel of Jupiter

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Chapter 2

Enceladus the active geyser of Saturn

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Chapter 3

The recipe for alien life

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Chapter 4

Hunting for life in space

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Master of Oceans of Europa and Enceladus

Ch 2 · Enceladus the active geyser of Saturn
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artiteacher The discovery of active icy geysers

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artiteacher The tiny reflective world of Enceladus

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artiteacher The mysterious tiger stripe fractures

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artiteacher Feeding Saturn's spectacular outer rings

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Plume Pals

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artiteacher Geysers of Enceladus

Spray the frozen sea / (Spray the frozen sea!) / Right into Saturn's ring.

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The mysterious tiger stripe fractures

artiteacher The mysterious tiger stripe fractures

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Fun Fact

Enceladus reflectivity: Enceladus reflects 99 percent of sunlight, making it shine like a giant, freshly fallen snowbank.

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The discovery of active icy geysers

artiteacher The discovery of active icy geysers

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Glossary
geyser (noun)
A hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air. In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft photographed these icy eruptions blasting from Saturn's moon Enceladus.

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Quiz

Which space probe captured the first close-up images of Enceladus's geysers in 2005?

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Gossip

Would you drink water filtered from an Enceladus geyser?

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Quiz

What Saturnian feature is continuously fed and created by the icy geysers of Enceladus?

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Quiz

Who was the astronomer that first discovered Enceladus in the year 1789?

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Quiz

Approximately how large is the diameter of Saturn's moon Enceladus?

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Quiz

What features on Enceladus's south pole are named after famous ancient cities like Baghdad and Damascus?

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Quiz

Why does Enceladus look so incredibly bright when viewed through space telescopes?

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Quiz

From which region of Enceladus do the massive water geysers erupt?

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Quiz

What state in the United States is roughly comparable in length to the diameter of Enceladus?

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