Enceladus

Are we alone in the universe? Astrobiologist Dr Henry Throop on aliens, finding Earth-like planets

Henry Throop says Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa could be hospitable environments, and that potatoes could possibly be grown on Mars, like Matt Damon did in The Martian | #FirstCulture

NASA to send a mission to either a comet or to Saturn's moon Titan in the mid-2020's

Which of these two NASA missions will finally make it will be known only in 2019.

NASA releases image of a brightly lit crescent on Enceladus captured by the Cassini mission to Saturn

Enceladus has all the ingredients required to support life, and is one of the reasons why Cassini was burned up in the Saturnian atmosphere.

You can watch NASA's Cassini make its 'Grand Finale' dive into Saturn's atmosphere later today: Here's how

The Cassini mission was launched in 1997 as a joint venture between NASA, ESA and the ASI. It's been orbiting Saturn since 2004.

Nasa's 13-year old mission Cassini-Huygens mission to take its final dive into Saturn on 15 September

Cassini's final manoeuvres begin at 0714 GMT on Friday, although the signal will only reach Nasa 86 minutes later.

NASA releases images of Cassini's final observations of the water jets on Enceladus

NASA has released a movie made from images captured during Cassini's final observations of the plumes of water on the Saturnian moon, Enceladus.

Cassini set for final dive towards Saturn on 15 September; imaging cameras to send photos of Titan and Enceladus

Nasa's robotic spacecraft Cassini that has been orbiting Saturn for 13 years is set for a final dive towards the planet and burn up in its atmosphere in a "grand finale" after it flies past Titan

NASA is hiring a Planetary Protection Officer and the job requires protection of the entire solar system

The job of the Planetary Protection Officer is to save all the celestial bodies in the solar system from alien invasions.

Space probes with digital holographic microscopes could be used to detect alien organisms

No probe since NASA's Viking program in the late 1970s has actively looked for living organisms.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft beams back images of water jets on the south pole of Enceladus

The water jets are backlit by the Sun, while the reflected sunlight from Saturn is lighting up the moon.