The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...

The sky has already graced us with a total lunar eclipse and a rare planetary alignment, but we’ll soon have the chance to ...

Beyond those shepherds, Saturn’s system includes larger bodies that have unique properties. The biggest, Titan, is a place of ...

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

This is due to a process known as ring rain, in which gravity slowly pulls the rings apart and vaporizes their icy chunks in Saturn's upper atmosphere.

On March 23, however, the iconic rings are set to 'disappear'. This is due to the Earth’s orbit crossing the plane of the ...

In 2005, an alien probe flew through the hazy and cold atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, and landed on the world's surface. That spacecraft -- named the Huygens probe -- was sent ...

The largest of Saturn's moons and the first to be discovered is Titan. It is the only moon in the solar system known to have a substantial atmosphere. Nitrogen and methane extend around the moon ...

and the only moon with a significant atmosphere. It’s also a point of interest in the search for extraterrestrial life. Even ...

The chopper will explore and investigate Titan's atmosphere, beaming a wealth of new data back to Earth. Scientists hope they will be able to use this new information to determine whether Saturn's ...