What kind of mission would be best suited to sample the plumes of Saturn's ocean world, Enceladus, to determine if this ...

ELVIS, or Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, is a holographic microscope that can deliver detailed 3D views of cells and ...

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

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The rocks could also rewrite the script on not only how life began on this planet, but also its potential to take hold on ...

and Cassini's discovery of water plumes on Enceladus. This passback document represents just the opening salvo of the process to establish a federal budget for fiscal-year 2026, which begins on ...

Astronomers know where at least one ring came from. The diffuse outer E-ring comprises icy particles from the Saturnian moon Enceladus, perhaps sprayed from the moon's south pole. Exactly how the ...