How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.

Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this image of Saturn on ...

Scientists continue to learn new things about the planet, its sweeping rings and its many moons Shi En Kim - Reporter Saturn, the second-largest planet in our solar system, is best known for its ...

Eyes to the sky for a lineup of planets in the predawn sky, September's Corn Moon, and Saturn at its closest and brightest since 2010. Sep 16 — Waning Crescent Moon near Jupiter (eastern sky, predawn) ...

The 2024 astronomical calendar is packed with events; And there's more to look forward to, despite the eclipse and auroras already having passed overhead. Nicknamed the "planet parade," a planetary ...

To meet the challenge of putting a man on the Moon, the Apollo space program needed a rocket more powerful and advanced than any that had ever been seen before. The final result was the Saturn V, the ...

Have you seen Saturn in the night sky lately? It is now the best time of the year to view the majestic ringed planet. It’s been brighter all month long and that’s because this weekend the planet will ...

Enceladus’s geysers power vast electromagnetic wave systems that redistribute energy throughout Saturn’s magnetosphere.

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two planets host very different types of polar vortices, which are huge atmospheric ...