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

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

Seemingly sleepy Enceladus — a moon of Saturn’s just a fraction of the size of our own satellite — was barely on the radar of astronomers up until the Cassini mission arrived at the system in 2004.

Scientists have long viewed Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which harbors an ocean beneath its thick, icy shell, as one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth. Now, a new analysis of data ...

A researcher who has studied the icy world said “the prospects for the development of life are getting better and better on Enceladus.” By Kenneth Chang Scientists have detected a poison among the ...

Such a mission, which would launch in the 2040s for arrival in the 2050s, could be the first to search for life in the Saturn system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Astronomers from the University of Virginia and other institutions have found that Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is a “cosmic graffiti artist,” pelting the surfaces of at least 11 other ...

"We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

Saturn’s exuberant moon, Enceladus, will receive a pair of visitors in the near future. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing a combined orbiter and lander to visit the icy satellite. Still in ...