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Scientists find new evidence of an internal ocean in Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon Mimas
According to SwRI’s Dr. Alyssa Rhoden, the possibility of Mimas having an ocean “represents a …
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Building blocks of life discovered in Titan’s atmosphere — NASA discovers a ‘weird’ molecule on Saturn’s largest moon
This is a big deal because out of over 200 moons within our solar system, and 62 that belong to …
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NASA to probe Uranus, aims to examine Saturn's moon that could support life
In a report, the team at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), recommend…
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The ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus contains the building blocks of life, NASA data reveals
Deep in Earth's oceans, seawater mixes with magma that bubbles up through cracks in the ocean floor…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Lakes of methane on Saturn's moon Titan may be the craters of giant explosions, a new study shows
Near the moon's north pole, the data showed, a series of small lakes sport rims that tower hundreds…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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New close-up photos of Saturn's largest moon may be the last for decades
Once Cassini vanishes, it may be the last probe that NASA sends to Saturn for decades. There are cu…
Dave Mosher
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Alien life may have had billions of years to brew inside Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
"This could be good news for the astrobiological potential of Enceladus's ocean," Kevin Hand, a pla…
Dave Mosher
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A Sun-like star and two exoplanets 300 light-years away could reveal how Earth’s solar system came to be
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has caught the first-ever direct photograph of a solar system that l…
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Discovery Of Underground Water Means Saturn's Moon Could Hold Life
"Material from Enceladus' south polar jets contains salty water and organic molecules, the basic ch…
Jennifer Welsh
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NASA 'tasted' complex organic compounds in a blast of water from one of Saturn's moons - and can't yet rule out the possibility that they're from alien life
Water is being pulled toward Enceladus' core and heated up under pressure, so it's possible that ca…
Dave Mosher
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Hubble may have caught jets of water squirting out of a potentially habitable moon
"I really don't know the odds, but the discovery of life elsewhere in our solar system would be so …
Dave Mosher
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A discovery on one of Saturn's moons just changed how we think about life
So how did these researchers find vents under miles of ice? Using the instruments on board the Cass…
Jessica Orwig
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NASA's groundbreaking Cassini probe is dead after 20 years of exploring Saturn
But with so many questions about Saturn still unanswered, NASA decided to keep Cassini in orbit the…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is now receiving the last photos ever taken by the Cassini probe at Saturn
If NASA had risked letting the propellant tanks run dry, it would have lost control of the $3.26-bi…
Dave Mosher
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NASA picked the 100 greatest images of Saturn from its Cassini mission - here are some of the best
To honor the more than 453,000 photos Cassini took of Saturn, its rings, moons, and other objects, …
Dave Mosher
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NASA's future missions to Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and beyond could hit a nuclear roadblock within the next decade
Radiation is a related issue: Many planets and moons whip up powerful electromagnetic fields, which…
Dave Mosher
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The length of Saturn's day is still a mystery, but a doomed space probe may soon find out
"With the magnetic field we'll be able to get, for the first time, we hope, the length of a day for…
Dave Mosher
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A NASA space probe is about to 'sniff' the water of a habitable ocean world
Cassini is zooming so close to the surface, it could detect heavier organic molecules than it could…
Kelly Dickerson
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4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he plans to have a million people on Mars by 2050. Scientists say tha…
Maiya Focht
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How exoplanet hunters find alien worlds hundreds of light-years away and figure out if they have water
Using data from space telescopes, researchers recently found two possible water-rich exoplanets. It…