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Published online 11 March 2008 | Nature 452, 139- (2008) | doi:10.1038/452139a

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Probe readies for dip into geyser on Enceladus

Astrobiologists hope for clues about moon's temperature.

Eric Hand

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is set to plunge into an intriguing plume of gas spouting from Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons.

Cassini stumbled upon the astonishing discovery — a geyser of ice and water vapour spewing out of cracks in the tiny satellite’s south pole — during a fly-by in 2005.

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  • Is there a graphic missing from this article?

    • 11 Mar, 2008
    • Posted by: Stewart Macdonald

  • I agree, and would extend the previous comment. What this article needs is not an artist's impression graphic, full of unwarranted assumptions, but a photograph showing what is scientifically known. NASA images PIA07758, PIA07759, and PIA08386 are far cleaner.

    • 12 Mar, 2008
    • Posted by: Bruce Hubbard