Abundant Phosphorus in Enceladus’ Ocean
The search for life on other worlds has focused on liquid water. However, water is not the only necessary ingredient for a habitable environment. Enceladus, one of the moons of […]
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Variations in Heat Transport and Salinity Drive Ocean Circulation and Ice Shell Thickness on Icy Satellites
Icy satellites such as Enceladus and Europa may have saline subsurface oceans, which means that they have potentially habitable environments and are targets of missions aimed at detecting possible life. […]
Methane Formation in the Oceans of Enceladus
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft showed that Saturn’s small icy moon, Enceladus, has a liquid water ocean below its surface, with a plume of ice grains and water vapor containing […]
Global Circulation in the Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus
Enceladus, an icy satellite of Saturn, has attracted attention as a target for future missions focused on astrobiology. Its potential as a habitat for life is due to its global […]
LPI Announces Publication of Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn
The Lunar and Planetary Institute is pleased to announce the release of Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn, the latest volume in the prestigious Space Science Series, published by The University of […]
Cassini Discovered Complex Organic Molecules in Enceladus’ Plumes
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus harbors a big ocean of water beneath its icy crust, which is evident from erupted water plumes from Enceladus’ surface. The Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) […]
Rigidity of Ice Reduces Available Heat
New work by Matsuyama and colleagues suggests that the icy shell of outer satellites may dampen the magnitude of ocean tides and reduce the heat from tides. They found that […]
AGU Session 22758: Enceladus in the Rearview Mirror (P011)
As the Cassini mission draws to a close, the examination of the unique, geysering world of Enceladus moves into a new era. The prospects of future missions, sampling the moon’s ocean-derived plume […]
BIOSIGNATURES OF EXTANT LIFE ON OCEAN WORLDS WORKSHOP
Biosignatures of Extant Life on Ocean Worlds Workshop September 12-14, 2016 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD The goal of this workshop is to evolve our understanding of the detectability […]
Saturn’s Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting its latest images of Saturn’s icy, geologically active moon Enceladus, acquired during the dramatic Oct. 28 flyby in which the probe passed about 30 […]
ENCELADUS and the ICY MOONS OF SATURN: SAVE THE DATE
Save the Date! ENCELADUS AND THE ICY MOONS OF SATURN July 26–29, 2016 Boulder, Colorado The planetary community is invited to a conference on Enceladus and […]
Saturn Moon’s Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity which may resemble that seen in the deep oceans on […]
ABSCICON 2015: The Habitability of Icy Worlds
ABSCICON 2015: Habitable Worlds in Our Solar System Session: The Habitability of Icy Worlds This session will be a follow-on to the workshop by the same name, held in Pasadena in […]
AGU SESSION PS2464 – ICY WORLD ERUPTIONS AND THEIR ANALOGUES
AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 15-19, 2014. The potential existence of large plumes of water emitted from Europa’s surface has exciting implications for assessing the habitability of this icy […]
JPL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO MODEL EUROPA PLUMES
https://acquisition.jpl.nasa.gov/bizops Recent Hubble Space Telescope (HST) detection of anomalous concentrations of hydrogen and oxygen at Europa could potentially be due to plumes, analogous to the well-characterized plume at Enceladus as observed by the […]
NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean inside Saturn Moon
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and Deep Space Network have uncovered evidence Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbors a large underground ocean of liquid water, furthering scientific interest in the moon as a potential […]
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Forces Controlling Saturn Moon Jets
The intensity of the jets of water ice and organic particles that shoot out from Saturn’s moon Enceladus depends on the moon’s proximity to the ringed planet, according to data […]