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Evidence Grows for an Ocean Inside Saturn's Moon, Enceladus

As the Cassini space probe continues to study Saturn and its system of moons, the evidence is mounting that one of those moons, Enceladus, may have liquid water beneath its…

IceBite Project Begins Drill Testing in Antarctica

When NASA’s Phoenix Lander touched down on the northern surface of Mars in May 2008, it landed on the very thing it had been sent to find: ice. Enough ice,…

Mercury Probe Performs Third Flyby

NASA’s MESSENGER space probe has just had its third and closest flyby of Mercury, and has sent back pictures and data that will help to fill in our understanding of…