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 ...

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

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 ...

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’s inner moons, orbiting just beyond, constantly steal momentum from the ring particles. As a result, ... Assuming tholins really account for Titan’s haze, the atmosphere should grow fairly ...

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 ...

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is truly a remarkable world. It has a thick atmosphere as well as rivers, lakes, and seas of methane and hydrocarbons.

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 ...