The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study ...

What methods can be used to identify subsurface oceans on the five largest moons of Uranus: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and ...

Scientists have long viewed Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which harbors an ocean beneath its thick, icy shell, as one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth.. Now, a new analysis of data ...

But Enceladus is able to host such high amounts of dissolved phosphorus because it has what scientists call a soda ocean. Soda oceans or soda lakes are rich in carbonates — minerals that contain ...

Enceladus is one of the best candidates for extraterrestrial life in our solar system. Three of Saturn's moons, Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas, are captured in this photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

For Dr. Craft, Enceladus is an intriguing place but not the only place. Other moons like Europa, which orbits Jupiter, also have under-ice oceans.An upcoming NASA mission, Europa Clipper, will ...

Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be the best place to start with any questions about inoculating a foreign world with life, due to it having seemingly all the necessary ingredients for life as we ...

Enceladus, named after a giant in Greek mythology, is the sixth-largest of Saturn's many moons and spans approximately 310 miles in diameter, according to NASA.

Scientists have long viewed Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which harbors an ocean beneath its thick, icy shell, as one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth.. Now, a new analysis of data ...