Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has long fascinated scientists, with its active geysers and hidden ocean beneath a thick icy shell. Now, a groundbreaking study has revealed new clues that may bring us ...

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has quietly moved from curiosity to prime suspect in the search for alien biology. A decade of spacecraft data and a burst of new analyses now point to a small world that ...

A new study has constrained the Enceladus’ global conductive heat flow by studying its seasonal temperature variations at its north pole (yellow). These results, when combined with existing ones of ...

NASA’s Cassini mission has revealed surprising heat flow at Enceladus’ north pole, showing the moon releases energy from both ends. This balance of heat could allow its subsurface ocean to remain ...

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 ...

The liquid water ocean hidden underneath the icy crust of Enceladus has long made this moon of Saturn one of the best prospects in the hunt for extraterrestrial life – and it just got even more ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new model of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus may quell hopes of finding life there. Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, the model explains the most salient ...

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"We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...