Saturn reaches its annual opposition on September 7-8, 2024, offering the best views of the ringed planet for amateur ...

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is the only body in our solar system aside from Earth known to harbor stable liquids on its ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Titan is the only known moon with an atmosphere, and the most Earth-like place we know of. It has rain, lakes, and oceans ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...

Saturn comes second to Jupiter in many respects—in size, age, prominence of stripes—but in terms of scientific intrigue, it ...

Even from a staggering distance of 900 million miles, Titan is a persistent beacon beside Saturn, teasing even the 4-inch ...

Many regard Saturn's magnificent ring system, encircling the gas giant, as the most captivating and iconic feature in our ...

The ringed planet reaches opposition, Mars slips past the open cluster M35, and the original Cepheid variable shines in the ...

By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io—the most volcanically active location in the solar system—Cornell ...

The new movie Slingshot, released Aug. 30, explores that very idea. Filled with mind-bending effects and life-threatening drama, the movie features astronauts, Saturn’s exciting moon. As always, it ...

Summer is winding down and partly cloudy skies have been making a comeback, rendering stargazing conditions uncertain lately.

Astronomers have discovered at least 13 of Saturn's 148 moons during ring plane crossings throughout history, including the famous Titan, Enceladus and Mimas. During a ring plane crossing in 1966, ...