How can we explore Saturn's moon, Enceladus, to include its surface and subsurface ocean, with the goal of potentially discovering life as we know it? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study accepted to Icarus hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the ...

As our knowledge about the celestial bodies that surround us deepens, we're at times surprised to find that life may exist in the most unlikely of places. Like, say, on one of the some 290 traditional ...

Cassini narrow-angle camera image looking across the south pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus on 30 November 2010. There are complex organic molecules spewing from Saturn’s sixth-largest moon, ...

Europe is quietly positioning itself to attempt one of the most audacious missions in planetary exploration: a dedicated landing on Enceladus to look directly for signs of alien biology. Instead of ...

When we imagine alien life in books or on TV, we often think of planets like ours inhabited by extraterrestrial people. The Harry Vanderspeigle’s (Alan Tudyk) of the universe are basically human with ...

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 ...

CANNES, France—The European Space Agency (ESA), as part of its “Moons of the giant Solar System planets” long-term theme for science activities, is devising a mission to Saturn and its moons in the ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus loses ice mass to space by cryovolcanic geyers, and new TACC supercomputer simulations have improved estimates of ice mass loss. These findings help with understanding and ...

This image of Enceladus shows half of the moon alight, its surface bright white with deep cracks colored light blue and some pitted areas. A mosaic of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, captured by Cassini on ...

The exploration of ocean worlds and icy moons presents a compelling narrative in our quest to understand the evolution and habitability of the Solar System. These bodies, which include Enceladus, ...