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Enormous 'San Andreas fault' on Saturn's moon could help reveal signs of alien life
By Robert Lea published
Huge "tiger stripe" fault lines seen on Saturn's moon Enceladus raise hopes that a "long-lived" ocean containing potential alien life may lurk beneath the moon's icy shell.

Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an underground ocean scientists never believed could exist
By Robert Lea published
A new study of Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas finds evidence of a young, underground ocean that may be hospitable to early forms of life.

Mysterious 'magic' islands that come and go on Saturn's moon Titan finally have an explanation
By Briley Lewis published
Bright spots that appear and vanish on Saturn's moon Titan have a seemingly simple explanation — they're floating chunks of frozen organic material.

NASA finds key ingredient for life gushing out of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
By Joanna Thompson published
Scientists have discovered complex molecules in the gas and vapor plumes escaping from Enceladus's icy core — and one of them, hydrogen cyanide, is a precursor for life.

Signs of life shooting from Saturn's moon could be collected with spacecraft, scientists say
By Rahul Rao published
Possible amino acids spewing from Enceladus' subsurface ocean can survive impact with a spacecraft, lab experiments show.

Historic space photo of the week: Voyager 2 spies a storm on Saturn 42 years ago
By Jamie Carter published
With the ringed planet currently perfectly positioned for observation with a small telescope, relive Voyager 2's landmark 1981 visit.

100-year-long 'megastorms' on Saturn are creating radio signals that scientists can't fully explain
By Brandon Specktor published
Gargantuan storms on Saturn can wrap around the entire planet and be seen for months. New research suggests their impacts persist hundreds of years longer than experts thought.

See Saturn disappear in eerie, unfinished James Webb telescope images
By Joanna Thompson published
The James Webb Space Telescope's new images of Saturn aren't finished, but they're still mind-blowingly cool.
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