Data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveal Saturn’s moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began ...

Saturn's moon Phoebe might be a planetesimal—a remnant of the rocky building blocks of the planets in our Solar System. A new study by Julie C. Castillo-Rogez et al. from Cassini spacecraft ...

Saturn's moon, Phoebe, is not an asteroid but a 4.5-billion-year-old primordial body from the solar system's outer reaches, Cassini mission scientists say.

The debate about the origin of Saturn’s moon Phoebe is over. Although it may look like an asteroid, the tiny moon actually is an icy interloper from the fringes of the solar system, according to ...

Saturn and several of its moons appear in this image snapped by Cassini in 2007. The entire system, save one moon, appears to have water similar to that of Earth, which is unexpected based on our ...

When it comes to Saturn’s moons, Phoebe tends to be overshadowed by its siblings. Titan‘s size earns her the title of Saturn’s biggest moon (and the second-biggest moon in our solar system), ...

Phoebe: Discovered in August 1898 by American astronomer William Pickering. Polydeuces: ... Seven of Saturn's moons are so bright that they're visible through a telescope.

Cassini will capture data on Phoebe on its way to a four-year orbital mission around Saturn. The craft's closest pass to Phoebe will take place at 6:55 am AEST on the morning of 12 June (20:56 UT ...

New images made by the Cassini spacecraft during its fleeting encounter with Saturn’s moon Phoebe show a battered, pockmarked sphere that may be composed primarily of ice-rich material overlaid ...

Data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveal Saturn’s moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began ...