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Cassini Finds Source of Icy Jets On Enceladus

Posted by Soulskill on from the nothing-but-net dept.

Not long ago, we discussed Cassini's mission to "skeet-shoot" Saturn's moon Enceladus in order to take high-resolution pictures as close to the surface as possible. Well, NASA scientists found what they were looking for. A newly released mosaic shows 300-meter-deep fractures in Enceladus' surface which are the source of enormous icy plumes that periodically erupt into space, reaching hundreds of kilometers from the moon's surface. Another picture shows one of the fractures in closer detail.

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  1. NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, that's right. Mod this up to piss off the squares! To put this another way, FUCK THE EASILY OFFENDED.

    1. Re:NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      FUCK THE EASILY AMUSED.

      Fixed it for ya. (Why the hell does the lameness filter get mad about over capitalized quotes?)

      Did you break ("fix") it because you were ... offended?

      Changing this:

      Fixed it for ya. (Why the hell does the lameness filter get mad about over capitalized quotes?)

      To this:

      Fixed it for ya. (Why the hell does the lameness filter get mad about capitalized quotes?)

      would be fixing something.

  2. ontopic and relevant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frosty piss!

  3. Haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mods? They're suckers for the "I know this will get modded down" bit. Fish in a barrel, it is.