What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study ...

Gif showing an illustration of the interior of Enceladus. The moon is geologically active beneath it's icy exterior. (Image credit: Gif made using images from NASA/JPL-Caltech) ...

Scientists say the vent activity is probably stimulated by the tidal flexing of Enceladus' interior as the moon orbits Saturn and interacts gravitationally with the ringed planet's other moons ...

Since NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spotted plumes of water spewing out of cracks in Enceladus’ surface roughly a decade ago, Saturn’s icy moon has captured the imaginations of scientists and ...

Hydrothermal fluids percolating through Enceladus's hot interior could potentially form seafloor mineral deposits, as in this artist's conception. Credit: Ron Miller.

In the case of Enceladus, Saturn's geyser-riddled moon, ... Given a small enough core and high enough energy, these combine to create a web of upwellings across Enceladus' interior.

Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has long been known to possess an interior ocean of liquid water, but the question as to whether this ocean possesses the building blocks of life has eluded scientists. A ...

Scientists suggest Enceladus's porous core could keep its subsurface ocean ... Scientists believe the ocean exists as the result of heat generated by hydrothermal activity the moon's interior.

“It makes, in fact, the interior of Enceladus a very attractive potential place to look for life,” Jonathan Lunine, a Cornell University astronomer who worked on the study determining ...

The geysers on Enceladus vary in how active they are, depending on where the alien moon is on its slightly "eccentric," or oval-shaped, orbit, which takes about 1.37 Earth days to complete.

Enceladus just became even more astrobiologically-compelling. Subscribe To Newsletters. Enceladus’ Subsurface May Be ... allowing them to probe deeper into Enceladus’ interior processes.

This causes Enceladus' interior ocean to breach the surface (cryovolcanism) and hurl material into space. To confirm the presence of organics and (potentially) life, ...