Feb. 7, 2024 — Saturn's moon Mimas harbors a global ocean beneath its icy shell, discovered through analysis of its orbit by Cassini spacecraft data. This ocean formed just 5-15 million years ...

Saturn comes second to Jupiter in many respects—in size, age, prominence of stripes—but in terms of scientific intrigue, it ...

NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ended its 20-year mission in 2017 by plunging into Saturn, but it continues to provide valuable scientific data. Using radar data from Cassini, Cornell University ...

Nothing else in the Solar System is quite like Saturn. At its poles, a terrible storm ... made by the Voyager probes and ...

Here’s how to catch Saturn in the spotlight: NASA’s late Cassini spacecraft captured this photo of Saturn and its moon Titan. Saturn will rise in the eastern sky just after sunset for the next ...

A recent study utilizing radar experiment data from NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has unveiled fresh insights into the composition and behavior of the liquid hydrocarbon seas near Titan ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...

From magnetic measurements to be taken during the very close approaches in the Grand Finale of the Cassini mission, we can expect to characterize Saturn’s magnetic field up to at least spherical ...

The new movie Slingshot, released Aug. 30, explores that very idea. Filled with mind-bending effects and life-threatening drama, the movie features astronauts, Saturn’s exciting moon. As always, it ...

Four years and nine months later, it finally made it to Saturn. During its closest approach ... 11 pioneered the way through Saturn's outer rings, going where no spacecraft had gone before ...

Viewing Saturn with the naked eye isn't optimal because you won't be able to see its stunning rings. (Without gear, the planet looks like a very bright star). The best way to view Saturn is to use ...