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 ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...

Canadian and other researchers have confirmed Saturn as the solar system’s undisputed “moon king," after discovering 128 more ...

Many other spacecraft, including most of the Mariner probes, Pioneers 10 and 11, GOES, Europa Clipper, Cassini, and Juno — to name just a few — have carried one or more magnetometers into the ...

Saturns iconic rings will seem to vanish on March 23, 2025, as the planets tilt aligns perfectly with Earth. This phenomenon ...

Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...

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 ...