New findings from NASA’s Cassini mission show that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons and a top contender for extra-terrestrial life, is losing heat from both poles – indicating that it has the ...

Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn—The Geyser Moon, with its highly reflective surface and almost crater-less terrain, this icy moon is one of the many wonders of the solar system. In fact, ...

Researchers have found Saturn’s moon Enceladus has heat circulating beneath its icy crust, meaning the chemistry of biology is sustainable. The space probe Cassini died a fiery death when it plunged ...

If you wanted to pick an example of how NASA's deep space missions of exploration have changed our understanding of the solar system over just one lifetime, Enceladus' would be a great choice. Voyager ...

While on a world like Mars, we might have to dig underground to find life, or go miles under the ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa, one of the best targets for finding alien life could send life right up ...

A key chemical building block of life has been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Phosphorus was detected in salty ice grains that were released into space by plumes that erupt between the cracks of ...

You need more than water to support life, and a recent model suggests that Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could have the right stuff. What’s New — You need phosphorus to build a cell. It’s a key part of ...