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Enceladus erupts giant geysers of water ice into space

A global subsurface ocean vents through cracks near the south pole of Saturn moon

Saturn's small icy moon Enceladus erupts plumes of water vapour, ice crystals and organic molecules through tiger-stripe fractures near its south pole. Tidal flexing from Saturn generates heat beneath the ice shell, keeping a global salty ocean liquid and feeding Saturn's E ring.

Enceladus "Cold Geyser" Model PIA07799 — Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A global subsurface ocean vents through cracks near the south pole of Saturn moon. The figure is taken from NASA Science, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.