Observations made possible by NASA's Saturn-probing Cassini spacecraft led to the discovery that a vast liquid ocean is teeming beneath the icy exterior of Mimas. "Its heavily cratered surface ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Their reasoning was simple: Mimas’ heavily cratered surface showed no signs of an internal ocean. As with Enceladus, Saturn’s gravity should churn the ocean waters within Mimas, causing large ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d ...

While the pair could be seen in the night sky by the unaided eye, binoculars or a telescope would have allowed viewers to see details of the lunar surface, as well as Saturn's rings and moons.

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

A mysterious six-sided storm at Saturn’s north pole creates a perfect geometric pattern, with winds reaching up to 330 km/h.

Oct. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to six miles thick, which warms the underlying ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Despite its ...

A new study on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, reveals that the physics of its ocean might prevent evidence of deep-sea life ...

Scientists searching for life beyond Earth often look to ocean worlds like Enceladus, one of Saturn’s icy moons. Enceladus ...