We are a few thousand kilometres from Enceladus, a mid-sized icy moon of Saturn. In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft discovered that this relatively small world - only 500 km across - is, surprisingly, geologically active. Geyser-like jets of water were ...

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... n, Titan. In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft discovered that this relatively small world is, surprisingly, geologically active. Geyser-like jets of water were seen venting from the moon's south-polar surface ices, vented by a process called cyrovolcanis ...

Unusual geysers erupt continually on the frigid surface of Neptune's largest moon, Triton. The geysers can reach heights up to 5 miles or 8 kilometres before being sheared off by prevailing winds....

Unusual geysers erupt continually on the frigid surface of Neptune's largest moon, Triton. The geysers can reach heights up to 5 miles or 8 kilometres before being sheared off by prevailing winds....

... altitude clouds associated with it. Triton is famous for its size - almost as large as Earth's own moon - and for its frigid geysers and odd terrains. ...

... argest moon, hugging the horizon. 2. Surveying the mysterious, pinkish landscape of Neptune's moon Triton, with its nitrogen geysers. 3. A view from within the rigs of the ice giant planet, Uranus. 4. The surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus, as water ...