They swing around the gas giant at steep angles, often in the opposite direction to ... but rather temporary decorations. (Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon was hiding an underground ocean.) ...

Discovering small Saturnian moons could help in understanding more about Saturn and in future resource-mining. The ...

Saturn reaches opposition for 2015 on May 23rd at 1:00 ... And though series of occultations of Saturn by the Moon wrapped up in 2014 and won't resume again until December 9, 2018, there's also ...

Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The record-breaking statistic puts Saturn way ahead of its moon-bearing competitors, as ...

(Earth's Moon is 2,159 miles across ... eccentric (oval-shaped), and retrograde (in the opposite direction of Saturn's rotation). These quirky traits are likely owed to the moons' violent origin ...

By Sage Rohrbach A photo of five of Saturn’s moons, captured by the Cassani spacecraft. The moons visible are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Rhea, and Mimas. Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science ...

The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a large rock ...

Not that it was a competition, but Saturn surpassed Jupiter in known moons a few years ago. Now the giant planet may never ...

March 29, 2025 marks a transformative day as the New Moon aligns with Saturn's transit in Pisces, signaling a period for ...

Some revolve around Saturn in the normal counterclockwise direction, called prograde, like our moon. The others orbit the planet in the opposite direction, or in retrograde. The arcs near the ...