Cassini Reveals Surprising Diversity in Salt Grains from Enceladus’ Ocean
A new analysis of nearly 1,000 ice grain measurements from Saturn’s E ring shows that Enceladus’ salty ocean…
Saturn’s Ring System, Hyperion and Titan May Have Originated in Collision of Two Proto-Moons
In a paper to be published in the Planetary Science Journal, scientists from SETI Institute, Southwest Research Institute,…
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…
Cassini’s Photos Revealed of Saturn’s Moon Titan as a World Like No Other
For thirteen years, from 2004 to 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted a detailed survey of the Saturn system.…
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…
Ocean on Saturn moon ‘ticks all the boxes’ for life
The ocean hidden under the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbours complex organic molecules, a study said…
Do organics in Enceladus’ plumes really come from its ocean?
This artist’s concept shows plumes erupting onto the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. In the background we see…