More Water in Space

The Cassini space probe has found evidence of geysers erupting from underground pools of liquid water on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Huge plumes of ice gushing from the moon's south pole region were seen in high-definition photos beamed back from the Cassini probe. Being at MacDonald Observatory when the Cassini sent back its first pictures, I can tell you that astronomers there were beside themselves with excitement. Many said that these photos would move space exploration in our galaxy forward by huge leaps, and it looks as if their enthusiasm was warranted. Mars and Europa, which is one of Jupiter's moons, are the other two sources of water discovered so far in our galaxy. Read more about water geysers on Enceladus here.