Saturn’s rings are younger than previously believed and could have been formed in the relatively recent past, according to new data gathered from the Cassini mission. The Cassini spacecraft that was ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Using an infrared spectrometer on the Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft, researchers have measured the temperature, winds and chemical composition of Saturn, its rings and one of its ...

Simulations performed at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Boulder, Colorado, may explain how Saturn’s majestic rings and icy inner moons formed following the collision of a Titan-sized satellite ...

Scientists have discovered Saturn's rings are far younger than once thought, having formed as little as 10 million years ago. This is far, far later than the when Saturn itself first formed—around 4.2 ...

In the 400 years since Galileo discovered Saturn’s rings, astronomers have obsessed to learn exactly how these incredible celestial structures — comprised of ice and rock, stretching out as big as a ...

Saturn may have played a key role in the birth of Jupiter's largest moons, a new study finds. This discovery may shed light on whether potentially habitable giant moons could form around alien planets ...

Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system and has a characteristic ring. Researchers have now synthesized a molecular 'nano-Saturn'. It consists of a spherical C(60) fullerene as the ...

Our solar system's moons are an eclectic bunch: Some have plumes of water shooting into space, some are the tiny remainders of a past collision, some have ice trapped below the surface. Then there are ...

Simulations may explain how Saturn's majestic rings and icy inner moons formed following the collision of a Titan-sized satellite with the planet, according to a new article. Simulations performed at ...