APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six Moons of Saturn
APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six Moons of Saturn Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface
NASA’s Juno spacecraft measured heat beneath Io’s surface for the first time, finding temperatures rise sharply within just…
Saturn’s Largest Moon May Hold the Resources for a Space Colony
Artist’s rendering of Titan’s interior, with the Cassini spacecraft in orbit and Saturn in the distance. Credit: NASA…
Scientists May Have Been Wrong About Europa’s Water Plumes
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter and passes over the gas giant’s…
Missions to Ocean Moons Face a Strange Hazard Scientists Didn’t Expect
Of the hundreds of confirmed moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, NASA describes Europa and Enceladus as “promising” and…
Cassini-Huygens mission finds lopsided shift in Saturn’s magnetic bubble
Saturn’s magnetic shield does not sit where many scientists would expect. After combing through years of data from…
Newly Found Organics in Enceladus’ Plumes
Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed tiger stripes…
NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of Enceladus
Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast…
Saturn’s icy moon may host a stable ocean fit for life
For years, Saturn’s small icy moon Enceladus has drawn attention for the erupting jets at its south pole.…
Cassini Detects Organic Molecules in Freshly Ejected Ice Grains from Enceladus’ Ocean
Saturn’s moon Enceladus continuously ejects a plume of ice grains and gases originating from its subsurface ocean via…
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
Episode description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth…