When NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew past Saturn’s small moon Enceladus, it found something no one expected — towering plumes of water vapor erupting from its south pole. The discovery revealed a vast ...

Evidence from Mimas’s wobble points to a possible subsurface heated ocean, suggesting that hidden ocean worlds may be more common in the solar system than previously thought. Rep. LaMonica McIver must ...

A laser-based ice drill can bore deep, narrow channels into ice while keeping both mass and energy requirements lower than traditional tools. A new laser concept could revolutionize how we explore the ...

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. And we have the show's two hosts here, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey. EMILY KWONG, ...