Webb Maps Surprisingly Large Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

Portal origin URL: Webb Maps Surprisingly Large Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon EnceladusPortal origin nid: 487410Published: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A water vapor plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 6,000 miles – nearly the distance from Los Angeles, California to Buenos Aires, Argentina – has been detected by researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.Portal image: A red box surrounds a single, white pixel at the top of an image representing Saturn’s Moon Enceladus, which fans out into a triangular-shaped area of brighter blue pixels.

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