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Salty grains in Saturn’s outermost ring formed as Enceladus plumes slowly froze

A new analysis of Cassini data finds that salty grains in Saturn’s outermost E ring formed through the slow freezing of icy plumes erupted by the moon Enceladus. The findings could reveal more about Enceladus’s subsurface ocean and whether it may be habitable.