Saturn has pulled decisively ahead in the solar system’s quiet “moon race,” with astronomers now tallying a staggering 274 natural satellites circling the ringed giant. The new count, driven by the ...

No life has been found on Saturn's 310-mile-wide moon Enceladus. Tthe team of researchers turned to observations made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2008 during a close flyby of Enceladus to find new ...

Saturn’s “Death Star”-like moon Mimas may have a boiling ocean under its icy shell. The moon pitted with craters—including a very large one, giving it its nickname—may appear to be geologically dead, ...

"It would be hard, but may be doable." The case for a newborn ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas continues to build. Research mapping the thickness of the world's icy crust not only provides a window for ...

The ocean hidden under the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus harbors complex organic molecules, a study said Wednesday, offering further evidence that the small world could have all the right ...

Cassini narrow-angle camera image looking across the south pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus on 30 November 2010. There are complex organic molecules spewing from Saturn’s sixth-largest moon, ...