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ESA/Hubble/Webb weic2314: Webb maps surprisingly large plume jetting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus — Interaction between moon’s plumes and Saturn’s ring system explored with Webb. A water vapour plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 9600 kilometres — long enough to stretch across the Eurasian continent from Ireland to Japan — has been detected by researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Not …

30 May 2023

30 May 2023 — ESA/Hubble/Webb Photo Release weic2314

Webb maps surprisingly large plume jetting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus— Interaction between moon’s plumes and Saturn’s ring system explored with Webb

A water vapour plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 9600 kilometres — long enough to stretch across the Eurasian continent from Ireland to Japan — has been detected by researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Not only is this the first time such water ejection has been seen over such an expansive distance, but Webb is also giving scientists a direct look, for the first time, at how this emission feeds the water supply for the entire system of Saturn and its rings.

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30 May 2023


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