SCIENTISTS say supersonic plumes of gas and dust shooting off one of Saturn’s moons suggest it has liquid water, a key building block of life.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has snapped never-before-seen images of Saturn showing the planet from perspectives above and below its ring system, the US national space agency has announced.

THE Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of liquid water spewing from geysers on one of Saturn's icy moons, raising the tantalising possibility the celestial object harbours life.

A SPACECRAFT heading for Saturn has returned the first close-up pictures of the planet’s oddball moon, Phoebe.