For centuries, Jupiter reigned as king of the moons. Initially, the Big Four, discovered by Galileo, and then as optics and ...
Saturn’s axis is, according to NASA, tilted by 26.7 degrees with respect to its orbit around the sun – and Forbes suggests ...
Saturn has seized the title of moon king. Astronomers have just discovered as many as 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. This ...
The race between Jupiter and Saturn for the most moons in the Solar System may have just finally come screeching to a halt.
Nothing else in the Solar System is quite like Saturn. At its poles, a terrible storm rages, a perfect hexagon twenty thousand miles wide with raindrops of molten diamond, flung by 300-mph winds.
Saturn’s tilt plays a role in how we see the rings. As the planet continues on its journey, our viewpoint changes over time.
The study reveals mechanisms preventing the accumulation of micrometeorites on Saturn's rings. These mechanisms imply that the rings could be as old as the Solar System itself. These results highlight ...