Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, holds a distinction no other world in our solar system can claim: its average density ...

What if the Saturn V never slowed down and simply kept flying toward the edge of the Solar System? This thought experiment ...

A team of international astronomers reports in the Feb. 15 issue of Science the discovery of a solar system nearly 5,000 light years away with scaled-down versions of Jupiter and Saturn. Their ...

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is a unique environment in our solar system. It is the only moon (or body beyond Earth) to have ...

The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form—and hope for another spot to search for life. By Shannon Hall / Knowable Magazine Published Aug 10 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers believe they have discovered a fast-moving comet that Saturn sent careening out of our solar system at a speed far ...

In brief: Saturn's rings are one of the most iconic formations in our solar system, but researchers have never been sure how or when they formed. A new simulation indicates they are far younger than ...

The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with unruly orbits are coming into view, revealing hints of a surprising past – and the origin of Saturn's ...

With the discovery of several more moons around the gas giant, Jupiter has narrowly beat out Saturn as the moon king. For now, at least. Reading time 2 minutes Jupiter is a superstar in our solar ...

Saturn's moon, Iapetus, imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in September 2007. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) We recently explored Saturn’s moon, Pan, and its unique, food-like ...

Saturn’s rings are one of the jewels of the solar system, but it seems that their time is short and their existence fleeting. A new study suggests the rings are between 400 million and 100 million ...