Saturn’s E ring contains grains of water ice from the underground ocean on its moon Enceladus. NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute An analysis of tiny ice particles from one of Saturn’s moons ...

The south pole of Enceladus—a tiny moon orbiting Saturn—is a volatile place. In this region, the moon’s subsurface ocean spews jets of water through four “tiger stripe” cracks in the icy crust, ...

Fresh analysis of Cassini data has revealed new complex organic molecules inside ice grains spewing from Enceladus. These discoveries strengthen the case that the moon’s underground ocean hosts ...

What lifeforms could potentially exist within the ocean of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the ...

Blobs of warm ice that periodically rise to the surface and churn the icy crust on Saturn’s moon Enceladus explain the quirky heat behavior and intriguing surface of the moon’s south polar region, ...

Enceladus, a 500-kilometer-wide moon of Saturn, has been a top target in the hunt for extraterrestrial life for nearly two decades. In 2005, shortly after arriving in orbit around the ringed planet, ...

Phosphates have been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, in a new breakthrough discovery that boosts hopes for finding alien life in our solar system. It is the first time phosphorus has been found in ...

Astronomers have found that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, suggesting it’s an even more promising place to look for extraterrestrial life than ...

The finding sees the return of the Cassini mission from the grave, with data it collected in 2005 and 2015 being key to making the discovery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

At the time of writing, the number of known moons in the solar system reached over 950. Most of them are so savage that there is little chance life as we know it could ever take hold. But there is at ...

An analysis of tiny ice particles from one of Saturn’s moons suggests it may harbor conditions suitable for life, researchers announced in the journal Nature Astronomy on October 1. The research ...