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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope began its legendary mission unfolding the secrets of our universe and producing some of the ...

9. Saturn's water supply is fed by a giant fountain of vapor spewing from Enceladus. A combination of images and spectra ...

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Water, the cradle of life as we understand it, is no longer unique to Earth. From subsurface oceans on frozen moons to water vapor in extraterrestrial atmospheres, NASA's findings are redefining what ...

Cassini mission reveals presence of molecules including methanol, ethane, oxygen in gaseous plumes from Saturn's moon Enceladus, potentially supporting life.

Plumes can be seen releasing water vapor and organic compounds into space at the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Saturn’s ocean-covered moon Enceladus constantly spews water into space through fractures in its icy crust. The spacecraft Cassini determined the composition of these jets in the mid-2000s and ...

The Cassini spacecraft detected phosphorus—a building block of life—in the subsurface oceans of the icy moon Enceladus.