According to recent analysis, water vapor plumes erupting from cracks in Enceladus’ icy shell have a pH between 10.1 and 11.6 ...

Saturn's beautiful rings are made of icy bits of rock and dust. Scientists think the rings formed when asteroids, comets and pieces of moons shattered into bits under the force of Saturn's gravity.

Very far out, there is a faint ring in the orbit of Saturn's moon Phoebe. Material is always falling from the rings toward Saturn in a steady "ring rain." ...

Learn about the 128 newly discovered moons of Saturn, believed to be the remnants of collisions that occurred early in the planet's history.

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far beyond any other planet in our solar system.

Phoebe, Saturn's ninth moon, was discovered in 1898, and astronomers have been vainly looking for others ever since. Their long quest has finally been rewarded. French Astronomer Audouin Dollfus ...

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

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

New NASA supercomputer simulations show that Saturn's rings may have been formed by a 'massive collision' of icy moons. Credits: NASA/Durham University/Glasgow University/Jacob Kegerreis/Luís ...

Images snapped by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show that Saturn’s moon, Phoebe, is not an asteroid but a 4.5-billion-year-old primordial body from the solar system’s outer reaches.

Astronomers recently announced that they had discovered 62 new moons around the ringed planet Saturn and more are being added to the list. So, how have they lain hidden for so long?