Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has long fascinated scientists due to its dramatic geysers, which blast plumes of water vapor, ice, and organic molecules into space. These eruptions, first detected by ...

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

New research suggests Enceladus’ water plumes may originate from a slushy ice layer rather than its underground ocean.

"Tidal forces from Saturn pull on the shell of Enceladus as the moon orbits the planet, just as the sun and moon cause ocean tides on Earth. Variation in the tidal pull laterally across the ice ...

"From developing small robots that could swim through the oceans of other worlds to growing space habitats from fungi, this program continues to change the possible." ...

Enceladus has large ice geysers that spew microscopic ice particles into the upper atmosphere. This sensor will be used to count the density of incident ice particles to a spacecraft orbiting the moon ...

New research suggests Enceladus’ famous geysers may not be shooting straight from its hidden ocean—but from mushy ice pockets instead. Scientists now think Enceladus’ plumes erupt from salty ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, has been monitored by the Cassini Spacecraft, allowing NASA to learn more about its icy surface and oceans beneath the ice.

The thickness of the ice in this region is estimated to ... we chose the Baghdad location." As noted, Enceladus isn't the only moon of Saturn that is deemed to potentially have life, as its ...

A planet and its moon are getting chatty in deep space. A new video from NASA shows off the complicated interactions between plasma waves moving from Saturn to its moon Enceladus and back.

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered ... against itself — occurs along "tiger fractures" in Enceladus's salty ice shell. "We postulate that the reservoir is not necessarily ...