How Enceladus Shocked NASA Scientists | Our Solar System's Moons

Unfortunate this wasn’t where we ended up going in destiny, but why? For what reason was it europa instead?

If we can stick a probe into Enceladus, that would be a real shocker

Enceladus and Europa, I believe life exists in some form in both their oceans.

Alex, don't you think it would be logical to divide the natural satellites of our planets into two: 1) those satellites that ha have become spherical under their own large mass and gravity, and should be called Moons; 2) those that have not due to their smallness, and should be called Moonlets. That way, the number of moons would be more or less the as as traditional ones (the moons that matter), followed by zillions of moonlets (who cares). Just like planets and planetoids

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What kind of backyard telescope would we need to view this close?

Triton is the next Enceladus!!! <3

I feel like it's almost time to do another one of enceledus! Lots of new stuff

It is simply amazing to think that there might be life on Enceladus. I love this video so much Alex thank you.

When I was a kid Saturn had no moons

WONDERFUL ICE MOON

How long before Enceladus runs out of water/depletes itself? Could that give us an age?

I am here under false pretence, I thought it was about mexican food?

Enceladus looks like what I imagine snow ball earth would like.

Fascinating!

when you combine 4 copies of Enceladus you get a huge snow block

A mission back to ENCELADUS, to get more data from the 200 mile high plumes and going BACK TO TITAN to study the METHANE SEAS and it's geological activity is gonna run about 4 billion dollars.

Life around thermal vents on earth looks like same species found in shallower ocean environments. Did this life migrate to the lower depths. Lets assume there is life around thermal vents on Enceladus. Did it originate there, or did it migrate from other environments.

I’ve been watching NASA’s missions since the Mercury missions thru the moon walk. Just a sorry thing to wait 50 years before making more advancements. Such a waste of precious time.

My patience when it comes to the exploration of our solar system is practically non-existent. I'm a huge space-nut and and I hate having to realize anything such as landing probes on (or setting foot upon) these other worlds is still "decades away" from happening. My hope is that we have some sort of major technological breakthrough and become able to explore these places far sooner than we believe possible.

To me it’s cool how a moon can have something on it that is under so much pressure it spews out something that cam make rings. With out Enceladus Saturn would not be the same

if i had to venture a guess, which in honesty i shouldnt, it might be that its not specifically layers but a water icy sludge, when tidally stretching and thus getting compressed north to south the entrapped water is pushed to the weakest points, id think it can and has plumed at other areas but that currently the south pole (likely also due to relative positions) is the weakest point, soon as it finds its way out the pressure decreases so a bit like squeezing a sponge

Here's something a bit frustrating to consider. NASA knew well before launching Cassini that Enceladus was the brightest object in the solar system (other than the sun). Brightness = whiteness...which means NASA should have suspected that Enceladus...beyond being icy...was quite smooth around most of its surface. Smoothness = newness...and they only thing that could smoothen ice worlds like Enceladus is something akin to a snow fall.

NASA should have suspected that Enceladus' terrain was being smoothed by this process and prepared the Cassini mission accordingly.

Should NASA go to Enceladus and get down into the liquid ocean below it's crust, it's 90%+ certain they will find life. And since that life may be centered around geo-thermal vents, it's 90%+ certain that life will resemble the life here on Earth found around geo-thermal vents.

What does that mean? It means one thing for certain.

Enceladus likely harbors the most expensive shrimp dinner in history...should some be returned to Earth.

I was so surprised with the results of the Cassini mission. I just encountered your presentation: very good & supporting images are of great quality. Thanks for sharing!

So it's possible that the south pole of Enceladus which has the plumes causes maybe a "fresh sheet of ice" with some of the particles falling back to the satellite, which is why the southern hemisphere looks like it has less asteroid/meteor/meteorite impacts?

Why doesn't the ice on the surface of Enceladus just sublimate off?

Enceladus is tiny. Smaller than Ceres. But basically a mini Europa. Shows even small worlds can be fascinating

We can’t even validate what’s within our moon.

Cassini went for the equivalent of an inter-planetary car wash from Enceladus' water plumes, farting out of its southern pole.

great

Keep making such videos.

Why are there only crater holes in the North pole? dose the lower part create movement from Jupiter and thus heats the water to blow out at the Southern pole?

Dude I could literally travel this entire moon two time over faster than I can get through Dallas once

You're not much of a scientist if new data "shocks" you.

This is for Robin who works for JPL. This is Adam. You don't need to bore through the ice sheet. Just land on the planet because some of the organic matter will land on the surface.

Earth When will we ever run out of oil?

Enceladus When will we ever run out of water?

Might not be the most fascinating moon, but it certainly has the coolest name.

Hello planet who’s name sounds like salad in spanish

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Perhaps this is where the Octopus Kingdom is??

They are trying to rob Pluto off us, our ice Planet, so a bunch of no mark scientists can leave their mark on history.

water leaking from a moon creates an outer ring of Saturn...mind blown

Fun fact: Enceladus and Kerbin are roughy the same size

I feel like we need to spend more time and money on space travel. Or be more productive with the current funding. There's so much more we should know by now.

They need to collide this with titan, so tan can become bigger and have more water

Reminds me of Europa, that also has ice on its surface, water plumes and an ocean beneath.

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