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100-year 'megastorms' on Saturn shower the ringed planet in ammonia rain
By Robert Lea published
Megastorms that rage across Saturn and last for centuries, shaking up the gas giant's deep atmosphere and driving ammonia rains that enrich lower layers.
Saturn may have 'failed' as a gas giant
By Paul Sutter published
One astrophysicist is suggesting we remove Saturn's status as a gas giant, saying the planet tried but didn't quite make the cut.
Look up and see Saturn as it changes directions in the sky tonight
By Samantha Mathewson published
Saturn enters retrograde on June 17, shifting from its usual eastward movement to travel westwards through the constellations until early November.
Saturn's moons: Facts about the weird and wonderful satellites of the ringed planet
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference Saturn has the most moons of any other planet in the solar system. Here we explore some of the 145 moons that orbit the ringed planet.
Saturn's moon Enceladus has all the ingredients for life in its icy oceans. But is life there?
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.
Saturn's moon Enceladus is blasting a plume of water 6,000 miles high. Could life be lurking under its icy shell?
By Tereza Pultarova published
The James Webb Space Telescope has found a 6,000 mile-long plume of water squirting into space from Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus, creating a massive watery cloud in the planet's orbit.
Enceladus: Everything you need to know about Saturn's bright, icy moon
By Rebecca Sohn last updated
Reference Enceladus is one of Saturn's many moons. The tiny icy world has the potential to harbor life and is one of the most intriguing destinations in the solar system.
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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