Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called "Trojans." But the ...

Believers in ancient myths might conclude Saturn had eaten the Trojan asteroids, as the Roman god did his children.

Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called Trojan asteroids, are already known for the other three giant planets.

A small international team of astronomers and astrophysicists has confirmed that asteroid 2019 UO 14 is a Trojan asteroid of Saturn. The team has posted a paper describing their study of the ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

With the help of this celestial event, Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called “Trojans”, reported Space. However, it has been ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Saturn is already visible in the post-sunset night sky, but it will reach its annual opposition on September 7-8, 2024.

Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere ...

Trojan asteroids remain gravitationally stable for long periods of time and studying them can provide useful insights into the evolution of the solar system. According to the new study ...

The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Mercury is closest to the Sun. Neptune is the farthest. Jupiter: This planet has a faint ring system composed ...