Saturn
Look Up for a Dazzling View of Jupiter This Weekend as It Shines Its Brightest of the Year
On December 7, the “king of planets” will line up with the Earth and sun in an event known as opposition. It will be visible all night and offer prime viewing, especially through binoculars or a telescope
Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, according to a new study
The Seven Most Interesting Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Saturn
Scientists continue to learn new things about the planet, its sweeping rings and its many moons
Here’s What We’ve Learned About Saturn Since Cassini Entered Its Orbit 20 Years Ago
The Cassini-Huygens mission increased our understanding of the planet’s rings and moons
Titan's Massive Dunes May Be a Comet and Moon Graveyard From the Early Solar System
A new modeling study suggests the dark dunes on Saturn's largest moon are made of tiny particles created by crashing comets and moonlets billions of years ago
An Icy Moon of Saturn May Be Hiding a Vast Ocean Under Its Crust, Surprising Astronomers
Researchers suggest a global ocean lies 15 miles beneath the surface of Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas—a shocking discovery that could redefine what a habitable world looks like
What Are These Mysterious Dark 'Spokes' on Saturn's Rings?
A Hubble image highlights the seasonal features, which scientists think could be caused by interactions between the planet's magnetic field and solar wind
What to See in the Sky in January: Meteor Showers, Planets and Comets
From the Quadrantids to a "swarm of stars," here are the celestial spectacles you won’t want to miss this month
Life-Sparking Gas Strengthens Evidence That Enceladus, a Moon of Saturn, Could Be Habitable
Evidence of hydrogen cyanide in data from the Cassini spacecraft adds to a growing list of molecules that could, in theory, support life on the icy moon
Saturn's Rings Will Temporarily Disappear From View in 2025
From Earth’s perspective, we’ll be looking at the gas giant’s rings edge-on, making them nearly impossible to see
Can Every Living Thing Be Traced to a Single Cell? And More Questions From Our Readers
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NASA Hears 'Heartbeat' From Voyager 2 After Losing Touch With the Distant Probe
The space agency has been trying to contact the 46-year-old craft after accidentally causing its antenna to point two degrees away from Earth
See the James Webb Telescope's First Image of Saturn and Its Rings
The new shot also features three of the planet's many moons, including Enceladus, a strong candidate for hosting life
Scientists Find Phosphorus—a Key Element for Life—on a Saturn Moon
This is the last of six essential elements for life to be detected on Enceladus, giving the strongest indication yet that its ocean is habitable
Saturn's Rings May Be Younger Than Thought—and Disappearing
Data from NASA's Cassini mission points to the rings being no more than 400 million years old—quite young in the planet's 4.5-billion-year history
Saturn May Have Just Won the 'Moon Race' With 62 More Discovered
It will likely reign supreme as our solar system's planet with the most moons from now on, astronomers say
NASA's Snake-Like Robot Could Look for Life on an Icy Saturn Moon
Designed to weather the toughest of terrains, EELS might one day autonomously move through narrow vents on Enceladus
Jupiter Reclaims Title of Planet With the Most Moons
After the discovery of 12 new moons, the gas giant now has 92 known natural satellites—and scientists expect to find more
A Moon of Saturn May Be More Habitable Than Expected
With the prediction of phosphorus in its oceans, Enceladus has become an even more promising candidate for hosting life
What Caused Saturn’s Rings and Tilt? Perhaps the Destruction of a Moon
Scientists propose that about 160 million years ago, the moon was torn apart, creating the planet’s iconic rings
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