How can scientists estimate the pH level of Enceladus' subsurface ocean without landing on its surface? This is what a study ...

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...

Scientists Say Saturn’s Moon Could Host Alien Life ...

It was in the 17th century that Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini first revealed Saturn’s stunning rings, changing the way people understood the distant planet. Hundreds of years later, NASA’s ...

What can the plumes of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, teach scientists about the latter’s internal chemistry and potential for life? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the ...

Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered a potential home for life in our solar system. In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft first discovered towering plumes of water vapor erupting from the ...

Organic molecules in Enceladus's plumes may form from surface radiation, not its ocean, reshaping how scientists assess the moon's habitability. (Nanowerk News) Organic molecules detected in the ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In this image from Cassini, backlighting from the Sun spectacularly illuminates Enceladus' jets ...