A rippling detected within the rings around Saturn has helped scientists determine that the giant planet may be "fuzzy" at its core. Previously, researchers believed Saturn's core was rocky. But data ...

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.

Saturn’s rings are not the permanent fixture they appear to be through a backyard telescope. Planetary scientists now agree ...

Despite their liquid water and potential for habitability, these moons are very different environments from Earth. On Earth, ...

Saturn's moon Mimas has a giant impact crater, named Hershel, that stretches across a third of its surface and makes it resemble the "Death Star" from Star Wars. NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute ...

(CNN) – Astronomers have uncovered more evidence that one of Saturn’s smallest moons is hiding a global ocean beneath its icy surface. A French research team suspects the ocean on Mimas is about 12.4 ...

The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are ...

Enceladus is Saturn's sixth-largest moon, a 500 km-wide icy world famed for its south polar geysers spewing water from a ...

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