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 ...

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 ...

Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

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.

Saturn is best-known for its eye-popping rings, which sweep 175,000 miles from the planet. Scientists think that Saturn’s rings are the shredded remains of a moon that wandered too close.

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 ...

Saturn and a few of its many moons, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)/SPL. Astronomers have announced the discovery of 128 new moons ...