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Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, ...
Through Saturn's Atmosphere Date: October 8, 2006 Source: Elhuyar Fundazioa Summary: Saturn is famous for its rings. Nevertheless, it does have other, characteristic if not unique, features -- its ...
In 2017, NASA’s Cassini probe plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere and measured the atmospheric constituents, confirming that many particles are indeed falling in from the rings.
New research reveals more about why Saturn's large moon tilts, a puzzle that has intrigued scientists for decades.
Understanding Saturn's upper atmosphere, where planet meets space, is key to understanding space weather and its impact on other planets in our solar system and exoplanets around other stars.
Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...
Saturn’s rings are breaking apart and heating up planet’s thin atmosphere, study finds. Ring particles modifying Saturn’s upper atmosphere, changing its composition, scientists say ...
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.
During the final year of NASA’s Cassini mission before it completed a “death dive” into Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017, the spacecraft gathered as much data as possible about the planet’s ...
Scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. The pattern ripples back and forth like a wave within Saturn's upper ...
Saturn is famous for its rings. Nevertheless, it does have other, characteristic if not unique, features -- its atmosphere, for example. The prime aim of the Planetary Science Group at the ...