Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus could support life – my research team is working on a way to detect alien cells there

Saturn has 146 confirmed moons - more than any other planet in the solar system - but one called Enceladus stands out. It seems to have the ingredients for life.

From 2004 to 2017, Cassini - a joint mission of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency - examined Saturn, its rings and moons. Cassini came up with spectacular findings. Enceladus, just 504 kilometers in diameter, hosts an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust that spans the entire moon.

Geysers at the moon's south pole shoot gas and ice grains formed from ocean water into ...