Heating ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years

Enough heat to power hydrothermal activity inside Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years could be generated through tidal friction – if the moon has a highly porous core, a new study finds, working in favour of the moon as a potentially habitable world…

Heating ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years

Enough heat to power hydrothermal activity inside Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years could be generated through tidal friction if the moon has a highly porous core, a new study finds, working in favour of the moon as a potentially habitable world.