Working with image data from NASA’s Cassini mission, researchers have found evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus may have tipped over, reorienting itself so that terrain closer to its original equator was relocated to the poles. This phenomenon is known as true polar wander. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Cornell University
Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus may have tipped over in the distant past, according to recent research from NASA’s Cassini mission. Researchers found evidence that the moon’s spin axis—the line through the north and south poles—has reoriented, possibly due to a collision with a smaller body, such as an asteroid...
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