New Kinds of Organic Compounds Found in Plumes Bursting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The findings are the…
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Listen to the Sound of Plasma Waves Moving Between Saturn and Enceladus
New research from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft’s up-close Grand Finale orbits shows a surprisingly powerful and dynamic interaction of plasma waves moving from Saturn to its…
Organic Compounds Bubble Up from the Depths of Enceladus
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal complex organic molecules originating from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, strengthening the idea that this ocean world hosts conditions suitable…
Deep-Sea Volcanic Springs Aid the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island and more than 3,000 feet beneath the ocean surface lie the warm, bubbling springs of a volcano —…
A Song of Ice and Light, Enceladus Drifts Before Saturn’s Rings
Saturn’s moon Enceladus drifts before the rings and the tiny moon Pandora in this view that NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured on November 1, 2009. The…
Cassini Image of Enceladus Drifting By Saturn’s Rings
Saturn’s moon Enceladus drifts before the rings, which glow brightly in the sunlight. Beneath its icy exterior shell, Enceladus hides a global ocean of liquid…
Are Distant Snowy Moons Potentially Habitable?
Santa’s winter workshop might be in space, as University of Warwick researchers are exploring whether snowy moons over a billion kilometers away from Earth are…
New Research Into Saturn’s Geologically Active Moon Enceladus
A new study by European and U.S. researchers shows that heat from friction could power hydrothermal activity on Saturn’s moon Enceladus for billions of years…
SELFI Instrument Being Designed to Study the Plumes of Enceladus
Engineers and scientists at NASA have conceived and plan to build an ambitious submillimeter-wave or radio instrument to study the composition of geysers spewing water…
Cassini Views the Brightly Lit Limb of a Crescent Enceladus
This Cassini Spacecraft image show the brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looks ethereal against the blackness of space. The rest of the moon,…
Images from Cassini’s Last Enceladus Plume Observation
Using images from the last dedicated observation of the Enceladus plume by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft, astronomers put together this short movie sequence. The images were…
Cassini Spacecraft Monitors the Movement of Enceladus
This short sequence of images was captured by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft as both Enceladus and Cassini moved over a 15-minute period. The heavens often seem…
Webb Telescope Will Study “Ocean Worlds” of Europa and Enceladus
NASA has announced that they will use the infrared capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope to study the “ocean worlds” of Jupiter’s moon Europa…
Cassini Views Enceladus’ Intriguing South-Polar Jets
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft views Enceladus’ intriguing south-polar jets from afar, backlit by sunlight while the moon itself glows softly in reflected Saturn-shine. Observations of the…
Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Enceladus May Have Tipped Over
New data from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals evidence that the active south polar region of Enceladus — the fractured terrain seen here at bottom —…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Dramatic Transition from Winter to Summer
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft views the Saturnian solstice, which occurs about every 15 Earth years as the planet and its entourage slowly orbit the sun. NASA’s…
Cassini Sees the Slim Crescent of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
This newly released image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows the low angle of sunlight along the slim crescent of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, highlighting the many…
Cassini Captures New Image of the North Pole of Enceladus
This newly released Cassini image gives astronomers a closer look at the north polar region of Enceladus. In the north, Enceladus’ surface appears to be…