Saturn's moon Enceladus

Enceladus is only one-seventh the diameter of Earth's Moon and has geysers of water.

J Thoendell
4:49 PM Feb 13 2015

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Found those in the Reddit comments:

The geysers of water are cool.

Adam Rifkin
5:26 PM Feb 13 2015

Reddit comment: "Relatively recent geologic processes have wiped away any traces of impact craters for most of the bottom half of the moon."

Adam Rifkin
5:27 PM Feb 13 2015

What does that MEAN?

Geege Schuman
11:36 PM Feb 13 2015

The local weather wiped away the residue left by things the previously crashed into it.

Adam Rifkin
12:05 AM Feb 14 2015

I meant what kind of weather could do that?

Geege Schuman
12:16 AM Feb 14 2015