Enceladus

The north pole of Enceladus. Source: NASA.

The north pole of Enceladus

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A simulation of the Dragonfly mission proposal, to send a rover that could fly through the dense and icy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Source: APL/Mike Carroll.

Which spacecraft will succeed Cassini in exploring the secrets of Saturn and its moons?

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Imaging of the Cassini spacecraft passing through the water jets of the moon Enceladus. The close flyby she made through the jets in 2015 allowed her to detect molecular hydrogen in the water jets and strengthen the possibility that the environment in the sub-glacial ocean from which the jets emanate supports the existence of life. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

NASA unveils new discoveries from the ocean worlds of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn

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Water vapor and mineral particles drift into space from the surface of the moon Enceladus, one of the icy moons orbiting Saturn. Metamorphoses hint at the existence of an ocean beneath the ice and the fascinating possibility that it contains life. Artist rendering: NASA / David Seal.

Is there life on one of Saturn's icy moons?

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Saturn's moon Enceladus. At the bottom of the picture is its south pole with the tiger stripes from which the water jets come out, arising from an ocean of liquid water hiding under an outer layer of ice. The new study indicates that this ice layer is much thinner than previously thought in the South Pole region, which could greatly aid a future research mission to the Moon. Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Enceladus' sub-ice ocean may be very close to the surface

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Kalachao Siyum, a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, of Ethiopian origin, presents the jawbone he discovered at a site in the Afar state in Ethiopia, which dates back the first species in the human lineage to 2.8 million years. Photo: Arizona State University

Summary of the year 2015 in science

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Comet Siding Spring as it might have been seen from Mars. Figure: Indian Space Agency

Summary of the year 2014 Part II - Astronomy and astrophysics: a rare meeting between Mars and the comet 'Ben David' of the Earth and a supercluster

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Gravity measurements by the Cassini spacecraft and NASA's Deep Space Network indicate that Saturn's moon Enceladus, which has jets from its south pole, also contains a large internal sea beneath the ice sheet. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Further confirmation of the existence of a liquid water ocean beneath the surface of the Saturnian moon Enceladus

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A geyser (at the top of the image) erupts from Enceladus. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

Geysers and water on the moon Enceladus

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Saturn's moon Enceladus. Photo: Cassini spacecraft

The "elements of life" exist on Saturn's moon, Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The plume and tiger stripes are clearly visible in the Cassini approach images of the moon Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Is there an ocean on Enceladus? Scientists are divided

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Enceladus - new findings. Part II'

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Enceladus - new findings. Part a'

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The next big mission: to Jupiter and its moons

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Could Cassini be used to discover life on Enceladus?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Cassini will pass through Enceladus' plumes today

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Cassini is scheduled to pass today within the edge of the ice plume ejected from Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Enceladus and Janus in one Cassini frame

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Ice-spewing volcanoes on Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The moon Enceladus is very strange, the researchers admitted

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Close-up of Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Enceladus - a small new world

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Enceladus above Saturn's rings

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A closer look at Enceladus

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