The Cassini spacecraft flew by the small, icy moon in 2008, collecting information that suggests it shoots out molecules that ...

Enceladus has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth because of its hidden ocean and ...

A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus ...

Scientists reexamining data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have uncovered exciting new evidence from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The spacecraft detected complex organic molecules being blasted into ...

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a ...

Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life's building blocks have ...

Scientists found new evidence to strengthen the case that Enceladus, small moon of Saturn about 310 miles wide, may have ...

Saturn's moon Enceladus, with its vast subsurface ocean, has revealed organic molecules in its icy plumes, crucial building ...

Did you know... there is a geyser on one of Saturn’s moons? And not just one, but over 100 huge water-vapor geysers occur at ...

Old data from the Cassini probe suggests that Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus should be of interest for astrobiologists.

The geysers of Enceladus, this icy moon of Saturn, continue to reveal their secrets long after the Cassini probe's passage. Twenty years after the first samples were collected, a meticulous ...

Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, bolstering the likelihood that the ocean world may harbor conditions suitable for life.