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

Most of the rings have a prograde orbit, in the same direction as Saturn, but the outermost (the Phoebe ring) is thought to originate from Phoebe, the largest of Saturn's irregular moons—and ...

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 ...

There is also a very faint ring in the orbit of Saturn's moon Phoebe. How many Earths could fit inside Saturn? More than 700 Earths could fit inside the gas giant, according to NASA. 10 need-to ...

Saturn has more than 140 moons, including Titan, Enceladus, and Phoebe. Titan is Saturn's largest moon, and the only moon in our solar system known to have a thick atmosphere and clouds. Saturn orbits ...

Roughly every 15 years, Earth passes through the plane of Saturn’s rings, causing them to nearly disappear from view — not to mention generating a variety of other interesting phenomena.

The Chicxulub impactor that killed the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago, had a mass of order that of Phobos, 10^{16} kilograms, about a thousand times less than the total mass of Saturn’s ...

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