06 November 2017
Enceladus more active than previously thought
... is even more active than initially anticipated. Through observations of plumes and hotspots on Saturn’s sixth-largest moon Enceladus, researchers suggest that a global, salty subsurface reservoir is hidden only a few kilometres below its south polar...
02 November 2018
Scientists unravel the formation history of the Milky Way
...lead author of the paper published recently in Nature. Although Gaia–Enceladus is expected to have been about ten times smaller than the current... supplying the halo stars, the collision between Gaia–Enceladus and the Milky Way when it was much smaller...
04 March 2019
Does life grow like this elsewhere in the cosmos?
... the cosmos such as on Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus for example; both of which are suspected of having large liquid salt... hour (400 meters per second) from the oceans on Enceladus are laced with a brew of water and simple organic ...
02 January 2021
Life beneath glaciers is good news in the search for life on icy worlds
... bodes well for scientists looking for life on other worlds, such as on the Jovian moons, Europa and Enceladus. Researchers have long thought that life might be hiding under the thick ice sheets wrapped around...
22 December 2017
Where is NASA going next?
... concepts will receive technology development funds to prepare them for future mission competitions. These are the Enceladus Life Signatures and Habitability (ELSAH) mission and the Venus In situ Composition Investigations (VICI). ELSAH will...
13 April 2019
Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn
... plumes, the third on the other icy moons and the fourth on astrobiology and possible exploration of Enceladus. Why is Enceladus worthy of so much attention? Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist at JPL, sums it up well: “With organic molecules...
