A new analysis of ice grains bursting from Enceladus' water ice plumes strongly suggests life is possible on Saturn's ...

Enceladus has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth because of its hidden ocean and plumes of water erupting from cracks near its south pole.

Pushing nearer to finding extraterrestrial life, the Cassini space probe observed new organic molecules coming from Enceladus ...

Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life's building blocks have ...

Fresh analysis of Cassini data has revealed new complex organic molecules inside ice grains spewing from Enceladus. These discoveries strengthen the case that the moon’s underground ocean hosts ...

Ariel, one of Uranus' icy moons, may once have concealed a vast ocean more than 100 miles (170 kilometers) deep beneath its ...

When it comes to habitable places in our solar system, the tiny moons of Saturn don’t seem likely candidates. Yet time and ...

Enceladus gives researchers a unique window into its subsurface world. The Cassini mission already taught us that plumes of ...

• On the evening of Oct. 9, the moon will pass through the Pleiades star cluster. Use binoculars to see some of its stars around the moon, and use a telescope to see stars pop out along the dark edge ...

The small moon is one of 274 orbiting Saturn and has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond ...

A moon of Saturn has a surprising variety of carbon-based molecules that look like they were made in its hidden ocean — the ...