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a plume of water shooting out of a small moon

Saturn's moon Enceladus is blasting a plume of water 6,000 miles high. Could life be lurking under its icy shell?

By Tereza Pultarova published

The James Webb Space Telescope has found a 6,000 mile-long plume of water squirting into space from Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus, creating a massive watery cloud in the planet's orbit.

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graphic illustration of Enceladus showing plumes of material being ejected from the surface with Saturn in the background.

Enceladus: Everything you need to know about Saturn's bright, icy moon

By Rebecca Sohn last updated

Reference 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.

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a brown planet surrounded by white and grey rings

Saturn's rings are much younger than we thought

By Robert Lea published

Saturn's rings are surprisingly youthful and much younger than the gas giant planet itself, new research has revealed.

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a coiled robot sits in a circle in a sandy area. behind is a person standing in the distance, for scale

This snake robot could hunt alien life on icy moons like Saturn's Enceladus

By Josh Dinner published

Finding alien life just took a twist. A snake-shaped robot from NASA aims to climb the crumpled terrain of icy moons like Enceladus to search out microbes.

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This Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn, captured in June 2018, shows six of the planet’s 145 known moons. The visible satellites are (from left to right) Dione, Enceladus, Tethys, Janus, Epimetheus and Mimas.

Saturn reclaims 'moon king' title with 62 newfound satellites, bringing total to 145

By Robert Lea published

Saturn is once again the solar system's "moon king," snatching the crown back from Jupiter after the discovery of 62 new moons. Saturn now has a whopping 145 known satellites.

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a greenish moon with light green clouds

Strange winds blow on Saturn's moon Titan. New clues could solve this decades-old mystery

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

New research aims to shed light on the puzzling winds on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, whose mysterious weather patterns have puzzled astronomers for decades.

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This composite image shows the Saturn Lyman-alpha bulge, an emission from hydrogen which is a persistent and unexpected excess detected by three distinct NASA missions, namely Voyager 1, Cassini, and the Hubble Space Telescope between 1980 and 2017.

Surprise! Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere

By Robert Lea published

Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere, a phenomenon never seen in the solar system before, a new study suggests.

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a small uncrewed helicopter flies above a sandy planet's surface

Saturn moon Titan could hold the clues to life's origin. This NASA drone could find them

By Josh Dinner published

The Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander will be one of NASA's most diversely capable planetary exploration craft that will be used to search for signs of life on Saturn's moon Titan.

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Artist's illustration of planet Saturn partially illuminated by the sun with one of its many moons casting a shadow on the impressive ring system.

Saturn: Everything you need to know about the sixth planet from the sun

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

Reference Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system. We explore this gas giant in more detail here.

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Enceladus' geysers blast water vapor, silica particles and other material out into space.

How deep-sea silica ends up in Saturn moon Enceladus' famous geysers

By Robert Lea published

Scientists have discovered how Saturn's moon Enceladus blasts tiny silica particles into space, where they eventually help form one of Saturn's famous rings.

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