Enceladus
Enceladus is Filled with Tasty Food for Bacteria
As soon as the Cassini-Huygens mission arrived the Saturn system in 2004, it began to send back a number of…
Until We Get Another Mission at Saturn, We’re Going to Have to Make Do with these Pictures Taken by Hubble
A new Hubble image of Saturn and six of its Moons reminds us how visually stunning Saturn is.
New Research Raises Hopes for Finding Life on Mars, Pluto and Icy Moons
A new research study conducted by an international team of researchers indicates that life can survive in a variety of…
Complex Organics Molecules are Bubbling up From Inside Enceladus
According to the last study based on Cassini data, complex organic molecules exist within Enceladus and are being released through…
Are There Enough Chemicals on Icy Worlds to Support Life?
A new study by researchers from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that the chemicals necessary for life as…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 494: Icy Moons Update 2018
Thanks to Cassini and other spacecraft, we've learned a tremendous amount about the icy worlds in the Solar System, from…
Could There be Alien Life Right Beneath the Surface of Icy Worlds Like Enceladus and Europa?
A new study conducted with the support of the NASA Astrobiology Institute has theorized that life may exist on the…
Scientists Find that Earth Bacteria Could Thrive on Enceladus
A recent study by a team of German scientists has demonstrated that a certain strain of Earth bacteria could survive…
This was Exactly Where Cassini Crashed into Saturn
NASA has released a mosaic image that shows exactly where the Cassini probe would crash into Saturn's atmosphere, mere hours…
Icy Worlds Like Europa and Enceladus Might Actually be too Soft to Land On
According to a new study led by the Planetary Science Institute, Europa and Enceladus may have surfaces that are too…