A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...

The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...

Earlier this year, researchers discovered that a vast liquid ocean lurks beneath the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon, Mimas. Now the same team may have discovered how it was created. New research ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Saturn has 146 confirmed moons—more than any ... Enceladus, only 313 miles (504 kilometers) in diameter, harbors a liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust that spans the entire moon.

A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.

“What we’ve done is put forth a strong case for an ocean,” study coauthor David Stevenson ... Apparently, the gravitational forces that Enceladus experiences as it orbits Saturn and interacts with a ...

Among Saturn’s crowded collection of moons, you’ll find Enceladus covered in a global ice sheet. Beneath the ice is a giant ocean where astronomers think life might exist. There’s also Titan ...

Mimas' Surprise: Tiny Moon of Saturn Holds Young Ocean Beneath Icy Shell Feb. 7, 2024 — Saturn's moon Mimas harbors a global ocean beneath its icy shell, discovered through analysis of its orbit ...

"Tidal forces from Saturn pull on the shell of Enceladus as the moon orbits the planet, just as the sun and moon cause ocean tides on Earth. Variation in the tidal pull laterally across the ice ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered ... geysers come from a vast — potentially habitable — underground ocean. Liquid from the ocean, scientists believed, could be escaping ...