Asteroid collision may have tipped Saturn’s moon, Enceladus

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Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn that could host life, may have tipped over long ago. NASA’s Cassini orbiter, which has been studying Saturn and its many moons up close since the probe arrived in 2004, has found evidence that Enceladus’ axis of rotation has rotated by 55 degrees. That would mean the moon moved […]

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June 9, 2017 at 12:49AM