There is a possibility of active world on Saturn’s moon
December 24, 2008
Closer scrutiny from scientists of Saturn’s small moon Enceladus points to the evidence of an active world. It may seem absurd, but American space agency NASA’s Cassini spacecraft recently conducted a voyage and provided new signs of ongoing changes on and around the moon.
The latest high-resolution images of Enceladus provide proof of the fact that the polar surface changes over a period. NASA said:
“Close views of the southern polar region, where jets of water vapour and icy particles spew from vents within the moon’s distinctive` tiger stripe` fractures, provide surprising evidence of Earth like tectonics.”
Panel member Corolyn Porco, Cassini image team leader, said:
“Of all the geologic provinces in the Saturn system that Cassini has explored, none has been more thrilling or carries greater implications than the region at the southernmost portion of Enceladus.”
Paul Helfenstein, Cassini imaging associate at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, opined;
“Enceladus has Earth-like spreading of the crust, but with an exotic difference the spreading is almost all in one direction, like a conveyer belt.”
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