Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

There's something very peculiar about the atmosphere surrounding Titan, Saturn's largest moon: rather than staying constantly fixed in line with its surface, the atmosphere wobbles across the ...

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, hazy atmosphere, and it's often compared to a primitive Earth.

Saturn’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere constitute a complex system in which neutral and charged particles interact under the influence of external energy inputs, internal dynamics and ring ...

The final result was the Saturn V, the rocket that would power all six successful moon landings and the launching of the ...

The final snap was of Saturn itself, even capturing where the spacecraft would ultimately plunge to its final destination. Explaining that impressive final photo, NASA said: "This monochrome view is ...

Saturn's atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen and helium. Saturn has 53 known moons, with an additional 29 moons awaiting confirmation. That's a total of 82 moons.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT SATURN. How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth ...

The size and quality of the telescope you use and “the calmness of Earth’s atmosphere,” can also impact our ability to see Saturn’s rings. Starting on Sunday, Saturn’s rings will seem to ...

Researchers have found that the thick and hazy atmosphere enveloping Saturn's largest moon, Titan, behaves in a very peculiar way. As detailed in a new paper published in The Planetary Science ...

Saturn has its famous hexagon, and Jupiter has just now been caught throwing mad shapes too.. High up in its atmosphere, astronomers have identified strange, glowing new features, in the region above ...