Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn’s atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. The discovery of ...

For decades, Saturn’s upper atmosphere has been one of the solar system’s great enigmas. Even the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn for over a decade, had difficulty catching clear signals from ...

The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years. But it took the insight of a veteran astronomer to pull it all together within a year, using observations of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space ...

Recent observations have revealed that the chemistry on Saturn’s moon Titan is more complex and unusual than previously ...

On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, molecules that would never mix on Earth are mixing together, seemingly defying a fundamental ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope observed dark beads and lopsided star patterns drifting over Saturn’s northern regions. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes Saturn already tops the ...

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, hazy atmosphere, and it's often compared to a primitive Earth. But now, ...

NASA's Cassini probe has entered the final phase of its 13-year mission to Saturn, executing the first in a series of five "ultra-close" dives through the planet's atmosphere. NASA's Cassini probe has ...

Saturn’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere constitute a complex system in which neutral and charged particles interact under the influence of external energy inputs, internal dynamics and ...

Titan's cold atmosphere — filled with nitrogen and methane — may ... that don't mix on Earth can combine in ultra freezing ...

The spacecraft is set to plunge to its death in Saturn's atmosphere in April. — -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft is beginning a series of "ring grazing" orbits today to study Saturn's rings and moons ...