New simulations offer an intriguing look into Saturn's interior, suggesting that a thick layer of helium rain influences the planet's magnetic field. New Johns Hopkins University simulations offer an ...

Finding a planet is one thing; proving it is a planet when it has no star is the part that usually breaks the story. A newly ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Jupiter, the fifth planet in our solar system and by far most massive, is a treasure trove of scientific discovery. Last year a pair of studies found that the planet’s iconic Great Red Spot is 40 ...

A team of astrophysicists looking at data from the Cassini spacecraft’s tour of Saturn have estimated a new size for the planet’s core. Studying gravitational effects on the icy rings, the team ...

A new paper suggests Saturn’s core is more like a fluid than a solid, and makes up more of the planet’s interior than we thought. With its massive rings stretching out 175,000 miles in diameter, ...