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 ...

A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitable ...

Enceladus is an ice-covered moon that harbors an enormous ocean of liquid water underneath an icy crust. Scientists have previously found other key building blocks of life in the moon's ocean ...

Scientists have long viewed Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which harbors an ocean beneath its thick, icy shell, as one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth. Now, a new analysis of data ...

The possibility that Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life has strengthened after researchers determined its ocean is likely 1 billion years old, placing it in the sweet spot. Speaking at the ...

It’s official—NASA is being sent to orbit the seventh planet Uranus and land on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. It should arrive at these two distant targets in 2045 and 2050, respectively.

Here’s how it works. Enceladus is Saturn's sixth-largest moon and one of the most promising potential sites in the solar system for hosting life. It orbits Saturn within the planet’s E-ring ...

Scientists say they’ve discovered evidence of a watery ocean with warm spots hiding beneath the surface of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The findings, described in the journal Nature ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...