234 years ago today, German astronomer William Herschel discovered the sixth largest moon of Saturn, the icy, 500 kilometer-wide Enceladus. The 19th largest moon in the solar system, its surface is covered with fresh ice, giving it a radiant appearance and a surface temperature of a nippy −324.4 °F (−198 °C). Enceladus has a wide […]

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