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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

They swing around Saturn in chaotic, distant orbits, often moving in reverse relative to the planet’s major moons, such as Titan and Rhea. The moon that made Saturn a pushover ...