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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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.

Enceladus is a prime location for searching for extraterrestrial life. ... Enceladus’ interior luxuriates at around 200 degrees Fahrenheit, thanks to tidal heating from Saturn.

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.

By comparison, to sample the interior of Enceladus, all you have to do is fly through the plume or land on the south polar terrain, look up and stick your tongue out.

Swooping within 25 kilometers of Enceladus, the Cassini spacecraft has obtained additional evidence that the interior of this tiny, icy moon of Saturn may contain liquid water. Hunter Waite of the ...