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Cassini Reveals Surprising Diversity in Salt Grains from Enceladus’ Ocean


A new analysis of nearly 1,000 ice grain measurements from Saturn’s E ring shows that Enceladus’ salty ocean spray freezes and fragments in a more complex way than planetary scientists previously thought.

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