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Here's what you need to know
about Enceladus.

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One of Saturn's many moons,

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Enceladus is a small, icy body

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with the whitest, most reflective surface
in the solar system.

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Dive deeper

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and you'll discover this icy world

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is actually an ocean world.

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Deep below Enceladus' frozen surface

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resides a massive liquid saltwater ocean.

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But the water doesn't stay beneath
its icy crust forever.

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Massive geysers spew water vapor

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and ice particles hundreds of miles
into space.

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Some of these particles fall back
to the moon,

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giving Enceladus its bright white surface

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while others escape to form
one of Saturn's iconic planetary rings.

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During its visit to the Saturn system,

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew through

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and sampled these icy jets
of subsurface ocean.

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These continuously spewing geysers
are chock-full of a surprising mix of:

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volatile gases,
water vapor,

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carbon dioxide,
organic compounds

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(the chemical ingredients needed
for life).

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Cassini also detected materials that point
to the existence

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of deep-sea hydrothermal activity,

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previously known to exist only on Earth.

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The fascinating discoveries
made at Enceladus

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all point to the possibility of
an ocean world where life could exist.

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And that's what you need to know
about Enceladus.