Saturn has 146 confirmed moons—more than any other planet in the solar system—but one called Enceladus stands out. It appears to have the ingredients for life. From 2004 to 2017, Cassini—a ...

Enceladus's Tiger Stripes consist of four main features officially named Damascus Sulcus, Baghdad Sulcus, Cairo Sulcus, and Alexandria Sulcus, with a smaller feature branching off Alexandria ...

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south pole. Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Enceladus, Saturn's moon, exhibits geysers that may originate from a "mushy zone" within its icy shell rather than a subsurface ocean. This zone forms through ...

Are there more out there? And what exactly makes something a moon, anyway? Two moons, Enceladus and Janus, hover over ...

Most likely, the first alien life we discover will be hidden beneath miles of ocean on a distant world like Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus. That's why the best way to search for ...

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 ...