It was in the 17th century that Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini first revealed Saturn’s stunning rings, changing the way people understood the distant planet. Hundreds of years later, NASA’s ...

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has long fascinated scientists due to its dramatic geysers, which blast plumes of water vapor, ...

What can the plumes of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, teach scientists about the latter’s internal chemistry and potential for life? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the ...

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system. A new study strengthens the case for Enceladus being a habitable world.

Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to find out ...

What lifeforms could potentially exist within the ocean of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the ...

Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Organic molecules in Enceladus's plumes may form from surface radiation, not its ocean, reshaping how scientists assess the moon's habitability. (Nanowerk News) Organic molecules detected in the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In this image from Cassini, backlighting from the Sun spectacularly illuminates Enceladus' jets ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Of all the planets in our solar system, Saturn is by far the mooniest. And that's saying a lot.