The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera at a distance of 394,000 miles (634,000 ...
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
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 objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...
Four spacecraft have visited Saturn thus far, all launched by NASA: Pioneer 11 and the twin Voyagers 1 and 2 flew by it while Cassini orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. Cassini in particular found ...
The wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow around rocks of up to half a metre in diameter, which could put ...
Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...
Canadian and other researchers have confirmed Saturn as the solar system’s undisputed “moon king," after discovering 128 more ...
Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons , as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team ...