Enceladus is blanketed in a thick layer of snow

The fluff suggests the moon’s famous plume was once more active than it is today

A chain of craters on Enceladus looks like a Saturnian snowman.

This chain of craters on Enceladus looks like a Saturnian snowman, but it’s actually made from snow draining into fissures underneath.

JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is shrouded in a thick layer of snow.