This summer, skywatchers will be treated to a rare spectacle visible from Earth: the shadow of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, ...

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing ...

Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in a rare 2025 sky event Viewable with telescopes during pre-dawn hours this summer Next Titan ...

The planets of the Solar System are roughly on the same plane, but the fact that they are not exactly aligned means that ...

Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other planets combined.

A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitable ...

Saturn's moons were thrust into the spotlight during the Voyager 1, ... The small moon orbits closer to Saturn than Enceladus and has a much larger eccentric (elongated) orbit.

Saturn, too tiny to make out, lies at the center of a swarm of 274 moons shown her at their correct relative distances from the planet. The blue and red arcs represent the moons' orbits.

Astronomers estimate that the new moon orbits Saturn once every 18 hours and is between 100 and 200 miles in diameter. It is thus slightly larger than Saturn’s smallest moon (Phoebe) but dwarfed ...

In recent years, Saturn and Jupiter have been in a moon race of their own. In 2019, Saturn took the lead with 20 new natural satellites, bringing its tally up to 82.Then Jupiter surged ahead to 92 ...

In fact, some of Saturn's moons are among the best places to search for life outside Earth. ... 2017, making a total of 294 orbits before falling into the planet's atmosphere and breaking apart.

A team of scientists — including a Canadian from the University of British Columbia — have identified an additional 128 moons orbiting the ringed planet, bringing Saturn's total moon count to 274.