Enceladus is the obvious site of ongoing eruptions but the other ICY moons also betray indications that the saturn system itself has seen geologic activity

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded Universities Space Research Association $116,553 on December 3, 2025, under the Science program (CFDA 43.001). The award funds planetary science research examining geologic activity in the Saturn system, with particular attention to anomalous infrared-bright features observed during the Cassini mission on Enceladus and other icy moons. Performance runs from the award date through December 2, 2026, and takes place in Washington, DC. The Science Mission Directorate supports this planetary science research as part of its broader mission to enable scientific discoveries through NASA's space observatories and spaceflight programs, with evaluation based on scientific quality, technical merit, personnel qualifications, facilities, relevance to NASA strategic objectives, and cost reasonableness.

During the cassini mission prominent anomalous IR-bright (reddish in 3-color presentations)