Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY-SA Saturn has 146 confirmed moons – more than any other planet in the solar ...

The moon, pulled like taffy by the complicated gravitational tug of war inside the Saturnian system, heats up and forms an ocean beneath the ice. Every so often, the ice cracks and the moon belches ...

The giant water plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus offer a unique opportunity to seek life without landing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Europe is quietly positioning itself to attempt one of the most audacious missions in planetary exploration: a dedicated landing on Enceladus to look directly for signs of alien biology. Instead of ...

A cutaway view shows water rising up from Enceladus’ ice-covered ocean. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration) Phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life as we know it, has been detected for the first ...

Analysis of Cassini data has confirmed the presence of phosphorus, a crucial element for life (CHNOPS), in Enceladus' subsurface ocean, making it the only celestial body besides Earth with compelling ...

Aliens?! Enchiladas?! What is this world coming to? Or should I say, what is coming to this world? Enceladus is Saturn’s ...

A key chemical building block of life has been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Phosphorus was detected in salty ice grains that were released into space by plumes that erupt between the cracks of ...

If future missions confirm sustained heat flow at both poles, Enceladus would strengthen its position as one of the more accessible environments for detecting extraterrestrial life within the Solar ...

Enceladus, a Saturn moon, has a subsurface ocean with key ingredients for life: liquid water, carbon compounds, and energy. Scientists found phosphate, essential for life, in ice grains from Enceladus ...

Scientists have found traces of phosphorus, a fundamental ingredient for life, in ice grains spewed into space by Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. Enceladus is a tiny (310-mile-wide, or 500-kilometer ...

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 ...