Hydrogen cyanide is what's described as a polar molecule, in the sense that it has one side with a positive electric charge ...

NASA has discovered Saturn's moon Titan can mix molecules in ways previously thought impossible, shedding light on origins-of ...

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a ...

Enceladus has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth because of its hidden ocean and ...

Titan’s harsh chemistry breaks basic rules, offering new clues about how life’s building blocks might form in space.

For thirteen years, from 2004 to 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted a detailed survey of the Saturn system. It ...

Scientists reexamining data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have uncovered exciting new evidence from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The spacecraft detected complex organic molecules being blasted into ...

Scientists found new evidence to strengthen the case that Enceladus, small moon of Saturn about 310 miles wide, may have ...

The Cassini spacecraft flew by the small, icy moon in 2008, collecting information that suggests it shoots out molecules that ...

This marks the first time astronomers have observed the formation of a ring system. Saturn isn't the only planet in our solar ...