In a cosmic hit-and-run, icy Saturn moon may have flipped

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 14:02 in Astronomy & Space

Enceladus -- a large icy, oceanic moon of Saturn -- may have flipped, the possible victim of an out-of-this-world wallop. While combing through data collected by NASA's Cassini mission during flybys of Enceladus, astronomers have found the first evidence that the moon's axis has reoriented, according to new research published in Icarus.

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