Saturn's Gravity Warps Icy Moon's Erupting Jets
The strong pull of Saturn's gravity stretches and strains huge cracks on one of the planet's icy moons that spray icy, geyser-like jets, a new study finds. Full story
Space drill could seek alien life inside Saturn moon
To see if life does lurk beneath the frigid crust of one of Saturn's moons, scientists are developing a powerful drill that can melt and bore its way down to the moon's icy depths. Full story
New images reveal secrets of Saturn moon
New details about Enceladus, one of the icy moons orbiting Saturn, are revealed in new images of the bright and shimmering cosmic body. Full story
Saturn's Snowy Moon Enceladus Might Be a Skier's Paradise
It's snowing on one of Saturn's moons. New high-resolution maps of Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of the giant ringed planet, confirm that wintry conditions prevail on the icy body. Full story
Pack your skis for Saturn's Enceladus
Here's a winter ski resort you probably haven't thought of: Enceladus, a moon circling Saturn, which, in addition to ice-spewing volcanoes, has a constant snowfall of fine, powdery crystals. Full story
Aha! Icy moon 'rain' creates water on Saturn
An icy moon around Saturn is showering rain water onto its home planet, creating a vast halo of water vapor around the ringed world, a new study finds. Full story
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Enceladus
A plume of water ice is backlit as it spews from the south polar region of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 20, from a distance of about 83,000 miles (134,000 kilometers).
Ski Enceladus
An artist's conception shows a scene on Enceladus, featuring a 3-mile-wide (5-kilometer-wide) "tiger stripe" ridge in the foreground. The strong blue-green color indicates freshly exposed water ice. A hazy, bright Mimas hangs over the scene, surrounded by a faint moon ring or halo formed by the refr
Enceladus geysers
This backlit image of the Saturnian moon Enceladus, taken during the Cassini orbiter's flyby, reveals geysers of water ice that are illuminated by sunlight.
