February 18, 2005 -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has had a busy week, snapping stunning new images of two of Saturn's moons -- smoggy Titan on Feb. 15 and wrinkled Enceladus on Feb. 16.

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is seen with Titan, the largest Saturnian satellite, in the background in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured on Feb. 5, 2006.

"Titan and Enceladus, another icy moon of Saturn, are chemically connected by the flow of material through the Saturn system," Cooper said. In one paper, ...

NASA's search for life is taking a bold turn toward the coldest corners of the solar system. Moons like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus are no longer seen as dead rocks - but potential homes for life.

Meanwhile, on average, Titan and Enceladus experienced impacts with lower impact velocities, creating peak pressures that fall within the tolerance range for both bacterial spores and amino acids.

Saturn’s moon Titan would not be a comfy place for Earthlike microbes, even as alien worlds go. It lacks a global ocean like the ones found on Europa and Enceladus, and it doesn’t enjoy the ...

Commentary: Enceladus has now offered, on a space platter, the easiest way so far to examine the potential for life in the solar system. What we find could shed light on our own life here on Earth.

The authors speculate in their work about the “fascinating applications” of the cenotectic concept to planetary science, particularly for “icy worlds such as Europa, Enceladus, Titan ...

As noted, Enceladus isn't the only moon of Saturn that is deemed to potentially have life, as its largest moon, Titan, has a dense and hazy atmosphere caused by specific chemical reactions that ...

Therefore, the rate of impacts on Titan's surface can inform the rate of water mixed with organic material flowing into the ocean. The researchers found that only around 7,500 kilograms or 16,500 ...

"And Enceladus ejects plumes of water into space, ... Titan, and Ganymede. As a result, these findings could help inform the design of many sample-collection missions destined for IOWs. ...