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a brown planet surrounded by white and grey rings
Saturn's rings are much younger than we thought

By Robert Lea Published

Saturn's rings are surprisingly youthful and much younger than the gas giant planet itself, new research has revealed.

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a coiled robot sits in a circle in a sandy area. behind is a person standing in the distance, for scale
This snake robot could hunt alien life on icy moons like Saturn's Enceladus

By Josh Dinner Published

Finding alien life just took a twist. A snake-shaped robot from NASA aims to climb the crumpled terrain of icy moons like Enceladus to search out microbes.

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This Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn, captured in June 2018, shows six of the planet’s 145 known moons. The visible satellites are (from left to right) Dione, Enceladus, Tethys, Janus, Epimetheus and Mimas.
Saturn reclaims 'moon king' title with 62 newfound satellites, bringing total to 145

By Robert Lea Published

Saturn is once again the solar system's "moon king," snatching the crown back from Jupiter after the discovery of 62 new moons. Saturn now has a whopping 145 known satellites.

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a greenish moon with light green clouds
Strange winds blow on Saturn's moon Titan. New clues could solve this decades-old mystery

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published

New research aims to shed light on the puzzling winds on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, whose mysterious weather patterns have puzzled astronomers for decades.

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This composite image shows the Saturn Lyman-alpha bulge, an emission from hydrogen which is a persistent and unexpected excess detected by three distinct NASA missions, namely Voyager 1, Cassini, and the Hubble Space Telescope between 1980 and 2017.
Surprise! Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere

By Robert Lea Published

Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere, a phenomenon never seen in the solar system before, a new study suggests.

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a small uncrewed helicopter flies above a sandy planet's surface
Saturn moon Titan could hold the clues to life's origin. This NASA drone could find them

By Josh Dinner Published

The Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander will be one of NASA's most diversely capable planetary exploration craft that will be used to search for signs of life on Saturn's moon Titan.

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Enceladus' geysers blast water vapor, silica particles and other material out into space.
How deep-sea silica ends up in Saturn moon Enceladus' famous geysers

By Robert Lea Published

Scientists have discovered how Saturn's moon Enceladus blasts tiny silica particles into space, where they eventually help form one of Saturn's famous rings.

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Saturn's moon Titan looks a bit like Earth, but is, in fact, very different.
Subsurface ocean tides on Saturn's moon Titan are influenced by its icy crust

By Laurence Tognetti Published

Scientists examine how Titan's icy shell creates tides in the moon's subsurface ocean.

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Researchers modeled the Herschel impact basin on Mimas, suggesting that the Saturn moon may have a thinning ice shell surrounding a geologically young internal ocean.
Saturn's moon Mimas may be a 'stealth' ocean world

By Samantha Mathewson Published

The icy Saturn moon Mimas may have a geologically young internal ocean surrounded by a thinning ice shell, new research suggests.

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For 44 years, a NASA Apollo-era Saturn IB rocket has stood at the Ardmore rest area alongside I-65, welcoming visitors to the state of Alabama. Now, the space agency has decided that the degraded display is no longer safe to keep standing and should be replaced.
Saturn IB rocket no longer safe to keep standing at Alabama rest stop

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

A roadside rocket display that has stood as a welcome sign for drivers entering the state of Alabama is no longer safe to be left standing, according to NASA and the museum charged with its care.

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