NASA’s Cassini mission has revealed surprising heat flow at Enceladus’ north pole, showing the moon releases energy from both ...

Saturn's Enceladus moon might be capable of supporting life, according to data collected by NASA's Cassini mission and ...

W hen we imagine alien life in books or on TV, we often think of planets like ours inhabited by extraterrestrial people. The ...

In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft discovered striking tectonic faults at the south pole known as 'tiger stripes' (bottom right), which allow water from the inner ocean to escape. Analysis found that ...

Enceladus may be leaking heat from both poles—raising hopes that its hidden ocean could stay stable enough to support life.

More than half a century after it came into being, the Saturn V rocket remains the largest and most powerful rocket that has ...

The presence of liquid water, heat and the right chemicals on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, means that its sub-surface ...

On November 10th, the sky hosts a rare Grand Water Trine that bridges Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, the Sun in Scorpio, and ...

Cassini’s new analysis shows Saturn’s moon Enceladus leaking heat from both poles, not just the south. This balanced heat flow suggests its underground ocean could stay liquid for geological ages, ...

The moon’s subsurface ocean, along with the presence of heat and key chemicals like phosphorus and complex hydrocarbons, ...