A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons , as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team ...

The universe is vast, mysterious, and breathtakingly beautiful. From the glow of distant galaxies to the quiet elegance of ...

The designed mission had to be aligned to current work being performed by NASA but separate from active missions such as the Europa Clipper. "Similarly, the main subject of our mission, Enceladus ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

How can we explore Saturn's moon, Enceladus, to include its surface and subsurface ocean, with the goal of potentially discovering life as we know it? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered a potential home for life in our solar system. In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft first discovered towering plumes of water vapor erupting from ...

NASA captured an image of the "White Moon," which is actually the moon Enceladus, a satellite of Saturn, showing its almost perfectly white, highly reflective surface in visible light, during a ...

Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...

Multiple people familiar with the White House proposal said cuts to NASA's "Science Mission Directorate" could be as high as ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft identified these jets ... has commonly been thought to be the primary source of Enceladus's geysers, erupting through fractures in the crust. This is due to the saltiness ...