Module 10 Activity: Part 4 - Enceladus

Enceladus: Another Ocean World?

Ever since the Voyager flybys of the Jupiter system in 1979, we've been very excited about Europa as a possible abode for life, under its ice shell. However, we've detected evidence that a number of other worlds might be ocean worlds, too!

The one that has the best evidence for being another ocean world is a small moon of Saturn called Enceladus.

In this Part of the Module Activity, you'll learn about the remarkable story of how the Cassini spacecraft and its scientists made a series of discoveries about Enceladus, from 2005 to 2017.

Here's a general timeline of the Cassini / Enceladus story, but the webpages you need are linked from within each question.