James Webb Telescope detects massive water plume erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected a 6,000-mile plume of water vapor emitting from Saturn's moon, Enceladus. The moon has a hidden ocean of salt water between its outer crust and core, and volcanoes on the moon's surface spray plumes of ice and water vapor containing the building blocks of life into space out of cracks in the surface known as 'tiger stripes.' The size of the newly detected jet of water left astronomers awestruck, and researchers are also fascinated by the rate at which the water is ejecting from the planet: 79 gallons per second. Astronomers plan to continue observing Enceladus using the James Webb Space Telescope in the future with the prospect of learning more about the icy ocean world and exploring its potential for supporting life.