Enceladus Sparks Giant Alfven-Wave Network Around Saturn
Using Cassini data, researchers show Saturn's moon Enceladus drives Alfven waves that span over 500,000 km, forming a lattice-like network connected to Saturn's ionosphere and the Enceladus plasma torus. Detected in 36 events, the waves reveal Enceladus as a planet-scale energy generator with implications for icy moons around other planets and future missions.