Saturn

Latest about Saturn

An artist's depiction of a sea on Saturn's moon Titan.
Largest sea on Saturn's mysterious moon Titan could be more than 1,000 feet deep

By Elizabeth Howell Published

Data from one of Cassini's last flybys of Titan probed the depths of Kraken Mare to better understand the moon's alien chemistry.

Saturn
On Dec. 21, sky gazers looking just above the horizon will see Saturn and Jupiter appearing very close to one another.
Saturn and Jupiter to almost 'kiss' this winter solstice

By Laura Geggel Published

From Earth's perspective, Jupiter and Saturn will appear a moon's distance apart on Dec. 21.

Saturn
Six images of Saturn's moon Titan that incorporate 13 years of data gathered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Saturn's moon Titan has a weird organic chemical in its atmosphere

By Meghan Bartels Published

Saturn's moon Titan just keeps getting weirder — and more tantalizing when it comes to scientists' hopes for life beyond Earth.

Saturn
An artist's depiction of the Enceladus Orbilander mission concept.
If we want to find life on Saturn's moon Enceladus, we need to rule out Earthly hitchhikers

By Meghan Bartels Published

Want to find life in an exotic corner of the solar system like Saturn's icy moon Enceladus?

Saturn
In these detailed infrared images of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, reddish areas indicate fresh ice that has been deposited on the surface.
Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus has fresh ice in unexpected place

By Elizabeth Howell Published

Saturn's geyser-spewing moon Enceladus may be even more active than scientists had thought.

Saturn
Researchers have proposed sending a submarine to explore the huge Saturn moon Titan's frigid seas of methane and ethane.
Submarine could explore seas of huge Saturn moon Titan

By Mike Wall Published

Researchers have been crafting a concept mission that would send a submarine to Saturn's huge moon Titan, which sports lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons on its frigid surface.

Saturn
The new Alabama Space Tag offered by the Alabama Department of Revenue replaces the previous "Save the Saturn V" license plate and its depiction of the Apollo-era moon rocket with an illustration of NASA's new Space Launch System.
Historic Saturn V swapped for SLS rocket on new Alabama license plate

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

Alabama has traded the glory of a past moon rocket for the promise of a new launch vehicle on the latest version of its space exploration-themed, specialty license plate.

Saturn
This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Titan in ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths.
Mystery solved: Odd bright patches on Saturn moon Titan are dry lake beds

By Mike Wall Published

The features had puzzled scientists for more than a decade.

Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this natural-color view of Saturn's north pole at a distance of approximately 611,000 miles (984,000 kilometers) away, on July 22, 2013.
Subsurface vortexes could be behind Saturn's mysterious hexagon

By Doris Elin Urrutia Published

Two researchers investigated the dynamics of Saturn's churning atmosphere to figure out what sorts of planetary fluid dynamics are creating its mystifying hexagon.

Saturn
Saturn and its moon Titan, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Titan is drifting away from Saturn 100 times faster than we thought

By Chelsea Gohd Published

Saturn's moon Titan is zooming away from its ringed parent 100 times faster than scientists expected.

Saturn
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives