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Cracks under stress

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Two modelling studies provide complementary descriptions of how gravitational forces might help to form the plumes of water vapour that spout from cracks in Enceladus, one of Saturn's icy moons.

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Dombard, A. Cracks under stress. Nature 447, 276–277 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447276a

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