Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while ...

Credit: Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project While the pair could be seen in the night sky by the unaided eye, ...

This month offers incredible views of six planets, including Venus-Saturn conjunction. See the dates for all of 2025's ...

There is no surface below. Saturn's made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium gas, which is why it's called a gas giant. 4,000 kilometers above the surface, we hit Saturn's upper atmosphere.

Oct. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to six miles thick, which warms the underlying ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Planetary scientists don’t care about Mimas, Saturn’s smallest moon.

Cassini first discovered evidence of a vast ocean on Enceladus by spotting plumes of water vapor jutting out of Enceladus' surface ... Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus.

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

While the pair could be seen in the night sky by the unaided eye, binoculars or a telescope would have allowed viewers to see details of the lunar surface, as well as Saturn's rings and moons.