Saturn’s moon Enceladus is one of astrobiologists’ favorite places in the solar system. Geysers spray salty ice from its ...

There might be alien life on a nearby moon, scientists say - Saturn’s companion Enceladus has long been a particularly ...

A new study suggests signs of possible life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could be easier to detect than expected.

Enceladus is hardly an inviting place. It sits 1.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, covered by a thick frozen exterior. Yet ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of biology because they are often produced by living microbes. However, ...

Last summer, a NASA-funded asteroid impact warning system detected a mysterious object speeding through the solar system. Scientists determined the object had entered the solar system from deep space, ...

Saturn's moon Enceladus could harbour alien life in oceans deep beneath its frozen surface, according to a new study.

If ancient extraterrestrial explorers ever traipsed through Earth's cosmic neighborhood, it's possible they left behind some ...

Life in helium atmospheres on exoplanets? When searching for possible signs of alien life on exoplanets, scientists tend to focus on atmospheres that might be earthlike. That is, atmospheres dominated ...

Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...

NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan was speaking at an annual conference in the capital on Tuesday about the search for habitable worlds and alien life. Stofan predicted that the discovery could be only ...