The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...

The sky has already graced us with a total lunar eclipse and a rare planetary alignment, but we’ll soon have the chance to ...

Beyond those shepherds, Saturn’s system includes larger bodies that have unique properties. The biggest, Titan, is a place of ...

Saturn's iconic rings will appear to disappear in March 2025 due to a rare ring-plane crossing event, but astronomers assure ...

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...

This is due to a process known as ring rain, in which gravity slowly pulls the rings apart and vaporizes their icy chunks in Saturn's upper atmosphere.

Turns out, there’s a lot more floating around the planet Saturn than those famous rings. Space scientists announced last week they’ve discovered Saturn has 128 more moons, for a total of 274, far more ...

The largest of Saturn's moons and the first to be discovered is Titan. It is the only moon in the solar system known to have a substantial atmosphere. Nitrogen and methane extend around the moon ...

and the only moon with a significant atmosphere. It’s also a point of interest in the search for extraterrestrial life. Even ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — Scientists have performed laboratory experiments to better understand how Saturn's moon Titan can maintain its unique nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon ...