When it was discovered in 2009, scientists knew the newest ring around Saturn was big. Now, they can say just how large. It's the biggest in the solar system. In a study Wednesday in Nature ...

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

Cassini's nose dives through Saturn's E ring have yielded insights on the give and take of ice particles between Enceladus and the ring. Some of the moon's jets are successful in shooting ice ...

Deeper exposure will help the team probe some of Saturn’s more faint rings that aren’t visible in this image. These include the thin G ring and the diffuse E ring .

For example, as Cassini explored Saturn’s moon Enceladus, it uncovered a trail of ice and gas leading back to Saturn’s E ring. Enceladus is the whitest, most reflective moon in our solar system.

Saturn, one of the most captivating planets in our solar system, is famous for its stunning and intricate ring system. These rings, composed primarily of ice particles, rocky debris, and cosmic ...

Space.com: The rings of Saturn are part of a young and evolving system, according to the latest observations that suggest a snowball fight is going on around the giant planet.

Saturn's rings' vanishing act comes down to the fact that the gas giant is tilted on its axis by 26.7 degrees, similar to Earth's tilt of 23.5 degrees. 'Propellers, ...

In May 1995, Earth crossed through Saturn’s ring plane, and the Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the gas giant with its rings looking paper-thin. Then, the phenomenon happened again ...

A loosely knit band of roving ice boulders in orbit around Saturn could be providing the raw material for one of the planet's rings, scientists say. The finding, detailed in the Aug. 3 issue of ...

Now, they can say just how large. It's the biggest in the solar system. In a study Wednesday in Nature, scientists concluded that the faint ring known as the Phoebe ring is 270 times the size of ...