Saturn's moon Enceladus is known for spewing jets of water-ice into space, with new research revealing a potential mechanism behind this phenomenon.
The study's author explains how understanding Enceladus' expulsions is instrumental to understanding the potential habitability of the moon.
"We aim to continue to investigate ways we can use geophysical measurements to better understand the conditions which may enable life to form and evolve on Enceladus.
Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn.
Over the course of its elliptical orbit, the moon Enceladus is squeezed unevenly by Saturn's gravitational pull and deforms from a spherical shape into a football shape and back again.
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A recent study conducted by planetary scientist and astrobiologist Fabian Klenner and his research team at the University of Washington sheds light on the potential for life on Saturn's moon Enceladus .
Over the course of its elliptical orbit, the moon Enceladus is squeezed unevenly by Saturn's gravitational pull and deforms from a spherical shape into a football shape and back again.