Enceladus

What Can We Learn Flying Through the Plumes at Enceladus?What Can We Learn Flying Through the Plumes at Enceladus?

What Can We Learn Flying Through the Plumes at Enceladus?

In the next decade, space agencies will expand the search for extraterrestrial life beyond Mars, where all of our astrobiology…

12 months ago
How Warm Are the Oceans on the Icy Moons? The Ice Thickness Provides a Clue.How Warm Are the Oceans on the Icy Moons? The Ice Thickness Provides a Clue.

How Warm Are the Oceans on the Icy Moons? The Ice Thickness Provides a Clue.

Scientists are discovering that more and more Solar System objects have warm oceans under icy shells. The moons Enceladus and…

12 months ago
Fly Slowly Through Enceladus' Plumes to Detect LifeFly Slowly Through Enceladus' Plumes to Detect Life

Fly Slowly Through Enceladus' Plumes to Detect Life

Enceladus is blasting water into space from the jets at its southern pole. This makes it the ideal place to…

1 year ago
Europa and Enceladus are the Perfect Targets for a Lightsail MissionEuropa and Enceladus are the Perfect Targets for a Lightsail Mission

Europa and Enceladus are the Perfect Targets for a Lightsail Mission

There's always a need for new technologies or for novel uses of existing technologies to lower the cost of space…

1 year ago
Mini-Subs Could One Day Ply the Seas Under Europa’s IceMini-Subs Could One Day Ply the Seas Under Europa’s Ice

Mini-Subs Could One Day Ply the Seas Under Europa’s Ice

The most promising places to look for life in the Solar System are in the ocean moons Europa and Enceladus.…

1 year ago
Whether Saturn's Rings are Young or Old, its Moons are as Ancient as the Planet ItselfWhether Saturn's Rings are Young or Old, its Moons are as Ancient as the Planet Itself

Whether Saturn's Rings are Young or Old, its Moons are as Ancient as the Planet Itself

A team of researchers has obtained new estimates on the age of Saturn's irregular satellites, which range from 4.1 and…

1 year ago
We've Got to Go Back to Enceladus. Here's a Mission That Could Get the ScienceWe've Got to Go Back to Enceladus. Here's a Mission That Could Get the Science

We've Got to Go Back to Enceladus. Here's a Mission That Could Get the Science

Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to look for life in the Solar System. It has…

2 years ago
JWST Spies a Gigantic Water Plume at EnceladusJWST Spies a Gigantic Water Plume at Enceladus

JWST Spies a Gigantic Water Plume at Enceladus

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a huge water vapor plume emanating from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Astronomers say the…

2 years ago
One Spacecraft Could Visit All of Saturn's Inner Large MoonsOne Spacecraft Could Visit All of Saturn's Inner Large Moons

One Spacecraft Could Visit All of Saturn's Inner Large Moons

Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the best places we could search for life in the Solar System. A new…

2 years ago
We Could Soon See Landslides on Europa and GanymedeWe Could Soon See Landslides on Europa and Ganymede

We Could Soon See Landslides on Europa and Ganymede

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) recently launched Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission and NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission could…

2 years ago