Enceladus is not a plant or animal genus (that I know of), it’s an icy moon of Saturn). Today, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft approaches this moon within 50 km of its surface. Not a usual topic for my blog, but such a good shot in interplanetary carambole is worth mentioning. NASA calls it an in your face flyby.
Polar jets sending ice into space (© NASA)
More information on Nature News.