Enceladus sprays icy material into Saturn’s E ring.

Ice jets

Enceladus sprays icy material into Saturn’s E ring.

Enceladus sprays water vapor and icy particles into space from fractures near its south pole. Some escaping particles replenish Saturn’s broad, faint E ring. The connection links activity on a moon only about 500 kilometers across with a ring extending through a much larger region around Saturn.