How can scientists estimate the pH level of Enceladus' subsurface ocean without landing on its surface? This is what a study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY-SA ...

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re hoping to find life elsewhere in our solar system, there are few better places to look than an icy moon orbiting a gas ...

First of all, yes, it’s pronounced Enceladus , not enchiladas. Enceladus is Saturn’s sixth largest moon, but it would be ...

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 ...

Saturn's moon Enceladus is known for spewing jets of water-ice into space, with new research revealing a potential mechanism behind this phenomenon. Reading time 2 minutes Jostling on the fault lines ...

Some scientists argue that introducing life to moons like Europa or Enceladus could teach us how life begins and how humans ...

Seemingly sleepy Enceladus — a moon of Saturn’s just a fraction of the size of our own satellite — was barely on the radar of astronomers up until the Cassini mission arrived at the system in 2004.

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For those delighted by the possibility of alien life, Enceladus, the wintry moon of Saturn, is a gift that just keeps giving. Key compounds that could support alien microbes or help ...

Image: This is a mosaic of Enceladus compiled from 21 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft as is swooped past the moon’s south pole on July 14, 2005. The Tiger Stripe region appears as a series of ...