Enceladus erupts over 660 pounds of water per second, with jets reaching up to 6,000 miles into space. These massive plumes far exceed the size of the moon itself. National Corporate funding for ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has a geologically active south polar terrain, characterized by eruptions of vapour and dust, and long linear fractures. These features may be indicative of lateral ...

In the race to understand the potential habitability of Saturn's icy and active moon, Enceladus, scientists could have a ...

Seemingly sleepy Enceladus - a moon of Saturn's just a fraction of the size of our own satellite - was barely on the radar of astronomers up until the Cassini mission arrived at the system in 2004.

We now know that lunar maria are actually planes of dark basalt from ancient volcanic eruptions ... moons Europa (which orbits Jupiter) and Enceladus (a satellite of Saturn).

Enceladus has jets rich in phosphates and likely hydrothermal vents in its ocean. With the key ingredients for life on its surface, the moon may serve as an incubator for life. National Corporate ...

Most likely, the first alien life we discover will be hidden beneath miles of ocean on a distant world like Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus. That's why the best way to search for ...