Saturn’s moon Dione harbors a subsurface ocean

Subsurface Ocean under the Crust of Saturns Moon Dione. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Subsurface Ocean under the Crust of Saturns Moon Dione. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

A subsurface ocean lies deep within Saturn’s moon Dione, according to new data from the Cassini mission to Saturn. Two other moons of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus, are already known to hide global oceans beneath their icy crusts, but a new study suggests an ocean exists on Dione as well. Read more