How one of Saturn’s moon’s feeds a water supply (IMAGE)

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How one of Saturn’s moon’s feeds a water supply

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In this image, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments are revealing details into how one of Saturn’s moon’s feeds a water supply to the entire system of the ringed planet. New images from Webb’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) have revealed a water vapor plume jetting from the southern pole of Enceladus, extending out more than 20 times the size of the moon itself. The Integral Field Unit (IFU) aboard NIRSpec also provided insights into how the water from Enceladus feeds the rest of its surrounding environment.

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Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Leah Hustak (STScI)

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