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Enceladus

The gray surface of Enceladus with plumes of gas escaping from the surface into space
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Using Algorithms to Help Find Life on Icy Ocean Worlds

by Saima May Sidik 21 March 202521 March 2025

Scientists could use machine learning to analyze atmospheric samples in order to help identify microbes on frozen moons. They’re testing the concept using bottles of brine and smelly bacteria.

A black smoker, shaped like a stone cylinder on the ocean floor, spews black smoke into the water.
Posted inNews

Arctic Hydrothermal Vents May Resemble Those on Enceladus

by Anna FitzGerald Guth 17 December 202417 December 2024

By studying hydrogen-rich vent sites on Earth, scientists could learn more about the hidden ocean of Saturn’s icy moon—one of our solar system’s likeliest candidates for harboring life beyond Earth.

在前景中,明亮的蓝白色喷射物从一个弯曲的蓝白色表面散发出来,映衬着星空背景,附近有一个金色的环状行星和两个较小的类似卫星的球体。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

在土卫二上寻找生命:我们应该问些什么问题?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 11 June 202411 June 2024

在冰冷的海洋世界中,建立在有机化学进化理论基础上的研究框架,可能会比仅仅寻找生命存在的直接证据,带来更深刻的见解。

In the foreground, bright blue-white sprays emanate from a curved, blue-white surface against the starry background of space, with a gold-toned ringed planet and two smaller moonlike orbs nearby.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Looking for Life on Enceladus: What Questions Should We Ask?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 8 May 202411 June 2024

On icy ocean worlds, a research framework built around the theory of organic chemical evolution could surface deeper insights than a hunt limited to direct evidence of life.

A global thermal map of Enceladus.
Posted inNews

Strike-Slip Faults Could Drive Enceladus’s Jets

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 29 April 202429 April 2024

The back-and-forth motion could also reshape surface geology at the moon’s south pole.

Representación artística de un criovolcán en erupción en Tritón, luna de Neptuno
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La canción de hielo y fuego del criovulcanismo

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 16 October 202316 October 2023

Las lunas oceánicas del sistema solar exterior nos dan pistas sobre volcanes de hielo, fuentes hidrotermales, y la tentadora posibilidad de habitabilidad.

An artist’s depiction of a cryovolcano is erupting on Neptune’s moon Triton.
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Cryovolcanism’s Song of Ice and Fire

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 25 September 202316 October 2023

Ocean moons of the outer solar system hint at ice volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, and the tantalizing chance of habitability.

Sunlight shines through plumes of ice crystals and dust grains jetting from a gray sphere.
Posted inNews

Essential Ingredient for Life Found on Enceladus

by Matthew R. Francis 27 July 202327 July 2023

Icy plumes from Saturn’s moon Enceladus contain phosphorus, part of the biochemistry of life—the first time the element has been found in a liquid environment beyond Earth.

Fine fountains spurt from inside the surface of a frozen moon.
Posted inNews

What Methane Jets Might Tell Us About Enceladus

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 10 July 202310 July 2023

Plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus are dumping methane into space—fast. Something must be resupplying the organic compound.

Illustration of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft diving through the plume of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in 2015
Posted inFeatures

Marine Science Goes to Space

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 4 January 202325 September 2023

Space and ocean scientists take a splash course in multidisciplinary science to chart our solar system’s ocean worlds.

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