NASA showed the icy moon of Saturn

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On Saturn a lot of liquid salt water and simple organic materials.

NASA astronomers showed the frozen surface of a moon of Saturn — Enceladus. Photo appeared on the official website of the Agency in Instagram, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to the Correspondent.

The surface of Enceladus is covered with bright white ice. Scientists say that the satellite can be partially compared with the Earth’s surface, but its width is only 500 kilometers.

On the surface of Enceladus much liquid salt water and simple organic materials. And in the vast ocean under the icy crust of many hydrothermal vents.

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The frozen surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus ? ⁣ ⁣ Enceladus’ bright white coating of ice may look similar to where you live this time of year. It may be similar to Earth in other ways — though only about 310 miles (500 km) across, it is thought to have a very active world of liquid salty water, simple organic materials, and hydrothermal vents in a vast ocean beneath its crust. So active, in fact, that a plume of icy material continuously spews from the “tiger stripes” (fractures in the crust) on its South Pole hundreds of miles into space, even contributing to forming one of Saturn’s outer, icy rings.⁣ ⁣ This image was taken in 2015 on a flyby from our now-completed #Cassini mission, from which scientists are still analyzing data today. Enceladus remains a prime target for future exploration of worlds in our solar system where life could exist.⁣ ⁣ Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute⁣ ⁣ #NASA #ice #moon #saturn #winter #icecold

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These vents are so active, that often break the surface, creating cracks in the crust and promoting the formation of one of the outer icy rings of Saturn.

The picture was made in 2015 in the framework of the space mission Cassini. Scientists are still deciphering and analyzing the data.

Experts called Enceladus one of the most likely worlds in the Solar system where life might exist.

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