• This is an artist’s rendering of a cutaway view of Saturn's moon Enceladus. It depicts possible hydrothermal activity that may be taking place on and under the seafloor of the moon's subsurface ocean.
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    Planetary scientists believe a global ocean of liquid water, roughly six miles deep, exists beneath the icy crust of Enceladus. Some of that water seeps below the seabed, where it is heated and then expelled through hydrothermal vents.

  • This is an artist’s rendering of a cutaway view of Saturn's moon Enceladus. It depicts possible hydrothermal activity that may be taking place on and under the seafloor of the moon's subsurface ocean.

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