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Saturn

The bright spot on the lower left of Saturn's A ring is not Peggy, but rather the visible sign of Peggy's gravitation distortion of the ring structure.

New Research

Saturn’s Rings May Be Shredding One of Its Moons to Bits

Or giving birth to a new one

Enceladus as seen by Cassini.

New Research

Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus May Have a Giant Liquid Water Lake

New proof that Enceladus is a watery world

Jupiter's moon Europa, potentially home to a liquid water ocean, is considered one of the likeliest locales for extraterrestrial life.

Life in the Cosmos

Where in the Solar System Are We Most Likely to Find Life?

A number of interplanetary destinations could harbor extraterrestrial life—finding it could be just a space mission away

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