The evidence that an ocean-covered moon orbiting around Saturn could support life just got a little stronger. Enceladus, a small moon harboring a vast ocean beneath its icy surface, has long been ...

When we imagine finding alien life elsewhere in the solar system, we usually think of little green people (or more likely microbes) living on the surface of a rocky Earth-like world. Most of our ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of its own. The rare event is unfolding in real time, giving astronomers a ...

WASHINGTON — A fresh look at data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft has uncovered more evidence that Saturn moon Enceladus may be able to support life, with additional complex organic molecules ...

Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring ...

While no direct evidence of life has been discovered yet ... When Cassini flew through Saturn’s E-ring, a thin ring made partly of material ejected from Enceladus, it collected tiny icy grains and ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Saturn, at magnitude 0.7, will be visible in southwestern Pisces below the Circlet asterism, rising at 10 P.M. local daylight time and reaching its highest point around 2:30 A.M. Saturn's rings, ...

A fresh look at data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has uncovered more evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be able to support life, with additional complex organic molecules identified ...