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Cold fountains [1]

Fountains of water and ice squirt into space from the near the south pole of Enceladus, one of the moons of Saturn, as depicted in this diagram. The water may come from an underground ocean that contains the chemistry and energy needed to support microscopic life. [NASA/JPL]

Fountains from Enceladus
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