Science ❯ Astrobiology ❯ Habitability

Extraterrestrial Life

Europa Mars Europa's Ocean Titan Mars Exploration Jupiter's Moons Mars Conditions Ocean Worlds Organic Compounds Subsurface Oceans Conditions for Life Enceladus Ocean Mars Habitability Potential Europa's Subsurface Ocean Enceladus's Ocean Organic Molecules Enceladus Research Moons as Habitats Europa's Potential for Life Life on Europa Molecular Formation Water as a Resource Mars Habitability Studies Lunar Studies Volcanic Moons Conditions for Life on Europa Exploration Missions Icy Moons NASA Missions Mars Environment Planetary Conditions Prebiotic Chemistry Enceladus Mars Habitability Europa Clipper Mission Europa Clipper Mars Potential Mars Climate

Cassini Data Show Saturn’s Magnetic Cusp Is Skewed Toward Dusk

Rapid spin with a heavy, Enceladus‑fed plasma disk appears to pull Saturn’s magnetic funnel toward the afternoon sector.

Reanalysis of Galileo Data Finds Ammonia on Europa Near Surface Fractures

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

Study Finds Europa’s Seafloor Likely Inactive, Undercutting Hopes for Present-Day Life

Study Maps Rapid, Predictable Microbial Colonization of New Icelandic Lava

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics in Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains

Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains Reveal Ocean-Derived Complex Organics

Perseverance Maps Repeated Habitable Water Episodes in Jezero, Study Finds

Lab Radiation Tests Complicate Ocean Origin for Enceladus Organics

Europa Clipper Completes Successful Mars Radar Test En Route to Jupiter’s Moon

Mars' Dark Streaks Confirmed as Dust Avalanches, Not Water Flows