Detecting life on the icy Saturn moon of Enceladus could be achieved without even landing, but it wouldn't be easy, ...

Although the rings are made almost purely from ice, scientists think that Saturn's icy moons have rocky cores. The ...

Scientists have discovered how Saturn's moon Enceladus blasts tiny silica particles into space, where they eventually help ...

A recently published study suggests that Saturn's rings formed after two icy moons collided a few hundred million years ago.

The TRIPLE-nanoAUV 2 project (TRIPLE stands for "Technologies for Rapid Ice Penetration and subglacial Lake Exploration," while AUV means "Autonomous Underwater Vehicle") is building craft that could ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that CO2 ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa is coming from its underground ...

Astrobiologists and planetary protection experts are far more concerned about contaminating Enceladus than about contaminating Titan.

Missions to Enceladus are being planned too. “It’s a really exciting time to be a planetary scientist,” says Morgan Cable of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). “We could ...

Until now, the subterranean oceans of Saturn's moon Enceladus, were thought to be harsh and utterly unsuitable for life. But now, a closer look reveals that the oceans likely have a similar ...

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method that can detect subtle molecular patterns indicating ...

The icy crust at the south pole of Enceladus exhibits large fissures that allow water from the subsurface ocean to spray into ...

Ocean moons of the outer solar system hint at ice volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, and the tantalizing chance of habitability.