2005-01-14 04:00:00 PDT Darmstadt, Germany-- After a seven-year voyage across 2 billion miles of space and an unmolested passage through the rings of Saturn, a lonely European spacecraft named Huygens ...
Scientists who have peered through the smoggy orange haze of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, have discovered that the surface is not entirely covered by liquid and solid organic materials that rain ...
The appearance of one of Saturn's smallest moons lends it the nickname "Death Star," but astronomers say new evidence suggests the world is, in fact, home to an ingredient vital for life: water. And ...
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 — ...
As spring continues to unfold at Saturn, April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane rain to its equatorial deserts, as revealed in images captured by NASA's Cassini ...
Scientists have found that one of Saturn's moons might be harboring an ocean of water beneath its icy surface. This ocean is thought to be fairly young on a cosmic timescale and only got close to the ...
The surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan has the consistency of soft, wet sand with a fragile crust on top, a new analysis of a nearly eight-year-old space probe landing suggests. Researchers ...
A new study reveals a curious relationship between Saturn's moon Rhea and its neighbor, Titan. The second largest planet of the Solar System, Saturn is adorned by icy rings and orbited by a veritable ...
Saturn has pulled decisively ahead in the solar system’s quiet “moon race,” with astronomers now tallying a staggering 274 natural satellites circling the ringed giant. The new count, driven by the ...
NASA has released stunning new images of Saturn’s moon Dione. The images of the icy moon were taken during a June 16 flyby which took NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to within 321 miles of the moon’s ...
The surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan has the consistency of soft, wet sand with a fragile crust on top, a new analysis of a nearly eight-year-old space probe landing suggests. Researchers ...