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A fresh look at Enceladus ( 505 kilometers, 314 miles across ) reveals tempting new details about the brightest real estate in the Solar System.

This falsely-colored image shows that some of the linear features on Enceladus have a slightly different color from their surroundings.

Different colors of ice may be caused by different compositions or different ice crystal sizes, either of which can indicate different formation mechanisms or different ages.