The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Cassini spacecraft data has been used to create the infrared views of Saturn's moon Enceladus. "Reddish areas indicate fresh ...

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 ...

But Enceladus is able to host such high amounts of dissolved phosphorus because it has what scientists call a soda ocean. Soda oceans or soda lakes are rich in carbonates — minerals that contain ...

Enceladus is one of Saturn's many moons. The tiny icy world has the potential to harbor life and is one of the most intriguing destinations in the solar system.

Enceladus, Hsu said, is now likely the “second-top object for astrobiology interest” – the first being Jupiter’s icy moon and fellow water-world, Europa.

If Enceladus has had a liquid ocean for billions of years, life would have had the chance to emerge and evolve into a more complex form. In an email interview with Newsweek, ...

Suddenly, Enceladus transformed from an odd, slightly puzzling snowball to one of the most exciting places for astrobiologists. That’s because where there’s water on Earth, there’s life.

Enceladus is one of the best candidates for extraterrestrial life in our solar system. Three of Saturn's moons, Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas, are captured in this photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is shrouded in a thick layer of snow. In some places, the downy stuff is 700 meters deep, new research suggests. “It’s like Buffalo, but worse,” says planetary ...

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 ...