Saturn has at least 146 moons, of which 63 are named—and thousands of moonlets are hiding inside its rings. Four of our planets have rings, but Saturn's are enormous and complex, in a class of ...

Right until its final moments, the spacecraft continued to send insightful images of 'The Ringed Planet.' The mission's ...

Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system, only smaller than Jupiter. It has the most extensive and complex ring system made of ice, rock, and dust particles. Saturn is so light that it ...

It was the Saturn V's power that made the difference, as it boasted 7.5 million pounds of thrust, fueled by almost a million gallons of liquid oxygen, hydrogen, and gasoline.

Saturn’s disk spans a hefty 17”, with its rings stretching nearly 40” from end to end. The planet’s brightest moon, Titan, is now 2.5’ west of the planet.

Titan is Saturn's largest moon, and it's of particular interest to researchers and space agencies like NASA because there's a possibility that it could host life.

Saturn, the moon and Neptune will be at their closest in Earth 's sky at 9:11 p.m. EDT on June 18 (0111 GMT on June 19), at which time the trio will be separated by a mere 2.58 degrees while below ...

If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle to achieve many goals in orbit and beyond.

Moon and Saturn’s close encounter—May 22 The full moon, known as the "Super Flower Moon" rises over the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, May 26, 2021.

Robert French studies the rings and moons of the outer planets of our solar system - their origin, evolution, and eventual demise. Over the past ten years at the SETI Institute, he has investigated ...

This rare alignment includes the five planets easily spotted with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Each is bright enough to be seen even in light-polluted city skies, with ...