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 ...

Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY-SA Saturn has 146 confirmed moons – more than any other planet in the solar ...

NASA continues to uncover new discoveries wherever it deploys its technology. A few years ago, it discovered that the Cassini ...

The moon, pulled like taffy by the complicated gravitational tug of war inside the Saturnian system, heats up and forms an ocean beneath the ice. Every so often, the ice cracks and the moon belches ...

The giant water plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus offer a unique opportunity to seek life without landing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Analysis of Cassini data has confirmed the presence of phosphorus, a crucial element for life (CHNOPS), in Enceladus' subsurface ocean, making it the only celestial body besides Earth with compelling ...

A cutaway view shows water rising up from Enceladus’ ice-covered ocean. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration) Phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life as we know it, has been detected for the first ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For those delighted by the possibility of alien life, Enceladus, the wintry moon of Saturn, is a gift that just keeps giving. Key compounds that could support alien microbes or help ...

In a groundbreaking study, NASA’s Cassini mission reveals new discoveries about the organic chemistry on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. Published Wednesday in Nature Astronomy and further detailed ...

Enceladus, a Saturn moon, has a subsurface ocean with key ingredients for life: liquid water, carbon compounds, and energy. Scientists found phosphate, essential for life, in ice grains from Enceladus ...

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 ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...