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In 2005, ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, revealing the atmosphere, landscapes, and chemistry of Saturn's moon.
Enceladus, one of Saturn’s icy moons, hides a vast alkaline ocean beneath its frozen surface, where chemical reactions ...
Saturn is about to make its closest approach to Earth, and that means you might be able to see its rings — if you have a ...
After over 7,000 days in space, the Cassini mission ended on Sept. 15, 2017. Since its Oct. 15, 1997 launch, the spacecraft ...
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has long dazzled scientists with its icy plumes that spew water and mysterious organic molecules into space, fueling hopes of a habitable ocean beneath. But new experiments ...
Born in Decatur, Alabama, Dr. Mae Jemison would become the first African-American woman in space by flying on the STS-47 mission on September 12, 1992. Geneva's mayor and other city officials said the ...
"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious ...
Organic molecules detected in the watery plumes that spew out from cracks in the surface of Enceladus could be formed through ...
Considering that Saturn is already 4.5 billion years old, if the rings are as old as Saturn, after all this time, those ...
The moon is about one-third of a mile (a half-kilometer) across and circles Saturn as a part of the planet's sixth, or G, ring. "Before Cassini, the G ring was the only dusty ring that was not clearly ...
There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...
Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...