Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

A new moon has emerged in orbit around Uranus, adding another member to the planet's growing celestial family.

Soaring to the depths of our universe, gallant spacecraft roam the cosmos, snapping images of celestial wonders. Some spacecraft have instruments capable of capturing radio emissions. When scientists ...

Enceladus is a natural moon orbiting the planet Saturn. Over a decade after capturing highly intriguing images of this moon, ...

A mosaic of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, created with images captured by Cassini’s spacecraft in Oct. 2008. Courtesy of NASA via NASA.gov Scientists love to scour the surfaces of planets and moons for ...

Fresh ice from Enceladus holds never-before-seen organic compounds, captured by NASA’s Cassini, offering new clues in the ...

On Oct. 26, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft made its first close pass by Saturn's planet-size moon, Titan (later known as Titan ...

Eye-opening details about Saturn's moon Enceladus have shocked experts. These details were published in the journal Nature Astronomy. In the study, experts analyzed particles originating from ...

The Cassini space probe ended its mission in 2017 with a dramatic plunge into Saturn, yet it continues to fuel discoveries. In a new analysis of data from one of the probe’s instruments, an ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some science news you may have missed. First, ...

Astronomers have found that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, suggesting it’s an even more promising place to look for extraterrestrial life than ...