Webb Spots Large Plume of Water from Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

In a blog post on May 30th, NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope had discovered a large plume of water coming from Saturn’s sixth largest moon, Enceladus. This moon is one of the most reflective bodies in the solar system thanks to its clean, icy surface, which has long been known to contain a liquid ocean underneath.

Image of Enceladus taken by Cassini on October 9th, 2008 after completing a flyby of Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.