Scientists Find Microbial Life Could Survive on Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has long stood out as one of the most intriguing places in the solar…
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…
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…
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…
For the first time, scientists may have discovered an exomoon located 133 light-years from Earth
Many mysteries still remain in the universe, and this is the case of the exomoons. As a reminder,…
Newly Found Organics in Enceladus’ Plumes
Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed tiger stripes…
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…
The Shocking Twist in the Search for Life on Saturn’s Icy Moon
An artist’s impression of plumes erupting onto the surface of Enceladus. Its fellow moon Titan is seen in…