18 December 2015
Last look at geological activity on Enceladus before Cassini moves on
... a better look at the moon’s famous plumes, earlier in October, Cassini made a daring flight 30 miles (48 kilometers) above Enceladus' south pole to obtain the most accurate measurements yet of the plume's composition, hopefully giving new insights...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
...from the lakes and seas of Titan, to the geysers of Enceladus, to the delicacy and rejuvenation of the rings, and to ...to spacecraft flying through and directly sampling the material from Enceladus’ icy plumes or the rings themselves. For Saturn’s ...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... return to Earth with samples from Mars, Europa or Enceladus have to meet not only stringent planetary protection constraints for... the user. The tortured surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus and its fascinating ongoing geological activity is a prime ...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
...emphasised that although extra-terrestrial environments on Mars, Europa or even Enceladus may be considered ‘habitable’, it does not follow that such..., but also on the Saturnian ocean-world of Enceladus or the icy Jovian moon Ganymede. The presence ...
05 February 2021
Hydrazine might be present on Rhea, new study says
...of instruments, Cassini transformed our view of Titan, hinted that Enceladus was hiding an ocean and gave insights into Saturn’s iconic .... Chlorine-based salts have been detected in plumes of Enceladus, another of Saturn’s icy moons, a finding which ...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... System-wide travel will be common, the volatile resources available there are incommensurable - from Saturn’s rings, to Enceladus and its geysers, from Europa’s ocean, to Titan hydrocarbon lakes. There, too, it’s all about the water...
