falling toward Saturn, where they burn up in the atmosphere. Now, we’ve known about ring rain since the 1980s when NASA’s Voyager mission first noticed mysterious, dark bands that turned out ...

It is one of only four "terrestrial" planets or moons—those with solid bodies, as opposed to those made largely of gas, like Jupiter and Saturn—that has a substantial atmosphere. The other ...

Key moons like Titan and Enceladus present intriguing possibilities for life, while Saturn’s harsh atmosphere is inhospitable. Its enormous gravitational force influences surrounding celestial ...