Enceladus shoots supersonic jets of water

"Four supersonic jets of water vapour..."

That's right, he said "vapour".

"... have been detected within the enormous geyser of gas and dust that spurts from the south polar region of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus..."

If, as suspected, they come from a sub-surface lake of liquid water, it could be evidence for a primary precursor to life existing on another world.

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