QUICK FACTS ABOUT SATURN. How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average. How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT SATURN. How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth ...

Facts about Saturn's rings, moons and more. The sixth planet from the sun has spectacular rings and dozens of moons, including one that scientists find especially intriguing.

Usually when Jupiter and Saturn line up they are separated by about one degree, or twice the apparent diameter of the moon. But on Dec. 21, we see Jupiter and Saturn separated by just 6 arc minutes.

Saturn's rings extend up to 175,000 miles (282,000 km) from the planet. However, they are very thin: The main rings have a height of only 30 feet (10 m), on average, according to NASA.

The final result was the Saturn V, the rocket that would power all six successful moon landings and the launching of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the second largest in the solar system (after Ganymede ...

Scientists believe one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, could possibly hold alien life. We've been finding out more about this exciting moon.

Saturn's rings are an array of rocky and icy fragments, which scientists believe to be pieces of moons, asteroids and comets, according to NASA.The theory is that these giant rocks were shattered ...

An image shared on Facebook claims to show an up-close look at Saturn. The image is actually an artist's rendering NASA distributed in 2017.

As Saturn’s rings vanish during 2025, so too does the constancy Galileo thought he observed in the strangest member of the Sun’s family of planets. Cronos, the monstrous son-devourer, has ...