which gives Saturn a grand total of 82 moons, flying past Jupiter's 79. The discovery unlocks a trove of possible new hints at how Saturn and its moons became what they are today. "Using some of ...

Saturn has overtaken Jupiter as the planet with the most moons, according to US researchers. A team discovered a haul of 20 new moons orbiting the ringed planet, bringing its total to 82 ...

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on ...

But Saturn’s Enceladus appears younger because active geysers have contributed to resurfacing, or depositing of new, fresh material on that moon’s surface. The ocean is still evolving ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

ForbesAny Biomass On Saturn's 'Snowball Moon' Enceladus Could Be No Bigger ... Published in the Geophysical Research Letters journal this week, the new research came about from an examination ...

Saturn will undergo a drastic change in the coming months, at least as the planet is seen from Earth. Here's what's going to ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt ... against human-driven climate change on Earth. The new results from a team of planetary scientists at the ...

Saturn has at least 146 moons, of which 63 are named—and thousands of moonlets are hiding inside its rings. Four of our planets have rings, but Saturn's are enormous and complex, in a class of ...

Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system. Dive into the cosmos today!