As a young upstart, the Huygens interplanetary probe will capture all the attention this week when it goes down in a blaze of glory through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. In the ...
NASA is studying several moons of Saturn and Jupiter that carry oceans of liquid water deep beneath their surfaces, where alien life could thrive. Another moon, previously assumed to be a barren ice ...
Unveil the mysteries of Saturn, the often overlooked beauty of our solar system. From its ferocious storms to mesmerizing ...
Astronomers have uncovered additional evidence that one of Saturn’s smallest moons, Mimas, is hiding a global ocean beneath its icy surface. Building a stronger case for the presence of water — ...
NASA's Cassini mission orbited Saturn from 2004 through 2017. New insights about Saturn’s famous ring pattern have come from data collected during solar eclipses at the sixth planet from the sun.
NASA Cassini spacecraft images of Saturn’s diaphanous G and E rings are yielding new clues about their structure and formation. A sequence of recent Cassini images, which has been made into a brief ...
In a new paper published in the journal Science this week, the team suggests there may have been a sizable satellite dubbed Chrysalis orbiting the gas giant for several billion years, a tantalizing ...
A team of astronomers including McGill Professor Nicolas Cowan has unraveled the enigmatic atmosphere of the exoplanet HAT-P-18 b, shedding light on its intriguing blend of gases, clouds, and even the ...