Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has a Global Ocean Beneath Its Surface. Published Sep 16, 2015 at 5:40 PM EDT Updated Apr 19, 2016 at 11:15 AM EDT.

The small icy moon is one of the solar system's most intriguing destinations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Enceladus is ...

The ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus rises nearly to the surface in some places, a new study suggests. Measurements by NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicate that as little as 1. ...

Could there be life under the icy surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus? Scientists have found a promising sign. NASA announced on Thursday that its Cassini spacecraft mission to Saturn has gathered ...

Anything endogenic originates from the inside of a moon, planet, or other body, while exogenic substances originate on the surface. If the salts and organics found really are endogenic, it means ...

In 2011, during Cassini's closest pass over the moon Enceladus, RADAR got a good look at the moon's south pole, where geysers spew water into space. At the same time, the instrument took a measure ...

Enceladus isn’t the only moon that captures in-falling material. The splotchy reddish moon Tethys lacks the geysers of its sibling satellite but still winds up covered as it interacts with the ring.

Scientists have found strong evidence of a watery sea beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, a moon that orbits Saturn and squirts jets of water vapor into one of the planet’s rings.

How can we explore Saturn's moon, Enceladus, to include its surface and subsurface ocean, with the goal of potentially discovering life as we know it? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in ...

In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft first discovered towering plumes of water vapor erupting from the moon's frozen surface, for instance, and it was later theorized that these geysers come from a ...

Saturn has more than 50 known moons, according to NASA, but one in particular has captured the attention of scientists: Enceladus.That's because the moon has a global ocean beneath its surface ...