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Webb spotted a massive water emission from Saturn's moon Enceladus, spanning over 6000 miles and gushing out at 79 gallons per second. (Webb's data shows Enceladus as a white pixel. Compare its size to the water jet below!) https://go.nasa.gov/42fQbkK
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Webb Maps Large Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

A water vapor plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 6,000 miles – nearly the distance from Los Angeles, California to Buenos Aires, Argentina – has been detected by researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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in reply to NASA

Dervish
Dervish
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Umm.... 79 gallons per second? That doesn't seem huge for a planet. Is there a decimal point somewhere wrong?

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