What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study ...

The final snap was of Saturn itself, even capturing where the spacecraft would ultimately plunge to its final destination. Explaining that impressive final photo, NASA said: "This monochrome view is ...

just before its deliberate plunge into the planet’s atmosphere. This groundbreaking mission, launched in 1997, greatly expanded our understanding of the Saturnian system and provided unprecedented ...

Rhea might not be as famous as Titan or Enceladus, but it’s older than most of the solar system’s drama. Formed around 4.5 ...

To make these lander missions happen, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has been working on a robot that could handle the search for life and already tested it on the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska. ...

As noted, Enceladus isn't the only moon of Saturn that is deemed to potentially have life, as its largest moon, Titan, has a dense and hazy atmosphere caused by specific chemical reactions that ...

NASA scientists found more compelling evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus may be a habitable world. They concluded the ocean moon harbors hydrogen cyanide, a critical molecule for life.

A 2010 image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows water from the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus spraying from huge ... Cassini just smashed into Saturn’s atmosphere.

Consequently, the NASA-ESA team wanted to eliminate any chance of Earth hardware crashing onto Enceladus, and thus crashed Cassini into Saturn’s atmosphere. David Warmflash Astrobiologist and ...

Previous analysis of Enceladus' ice grains revealed concentrations of sodium, potassium, ... Cassini's mission came to an end in 2017, with the spacecraft burning up in Saturn's atmosphere, but the ...

Beyond Enceladus, Dr. Postberg says, ... NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere in September 2017, after 20 years in space.