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The ice blasting from Saturn's moon Enceladus is stranger than scientists realized

So: Saturn's moon Enceladus is full of surprises beneath its icy shell. Scientists found that the tiny ice grains blasted into space vary wildly in their salt content, which was unexpected. Now, lab experiments show that this diversity comes from how ocean droplets freeze slowly inside the moon’s icy vents before breaking apart. And here's the thing - this slow freezing and breaking process creates the strange mix of ice grains Cassini detected, revealing new secrets about Enceladus' hidden ocean.
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