On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, molecules that would never mix on Earth are mixing together, seemingly defying a fundamental ...

Recent observations have revealed that the chemistry on Saturn’s moon Titan is more complex and unusual than previously ...

Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn’s atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. The discovery of ...

The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years. But it took the insight of a veteran astronomer to pull it all together within a year, using observations of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space ...

For decades, Saturn’s upper atmosphere has been one of the solar system’s great enigmas. Even the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn for over a decade, had difficulty catching clear signals from ...

Some substances that don't mix on Earth can combine in ultra freezing conditions like those on Saturn's largest moon, ...

The rings of Saturn are one of the most stunning sights in all the solar system. What about other solar systems? Astronomers assume ringed worlds like Saturn exist elsewhere, but directly imaging ...

Saturn’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere constitute a complex system in which neutral and charged particles interact under the influence of external energy inputs, internal dynamics and ...

NASA's Cassini probe has entered the final phase of its 13-year mission to Saturn, executing the first in a series of five "ultra-close" dives through the planet's atmosphere. NASA's Cassini probe has ...

NASA's Cassini probe has been studying Saturn and its moons since 2005, and it's almost time for the spacecraft to call it a day. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

The spacecraft is set to plunge to its death in Saturn's atmosphere in April. — -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft is beginning a series of "ring grazing" orbits today to study Saturn's rings and moons ...