When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

Scientists believe Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could be one of humanity's best bets to find some form of extraterrestrial ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...

upper right of the illustration. Of all the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, Saturn’s moon of Titan is thought to be the most like our very early earth. One reason is that because aside from ...

Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the second-largest moon in our ... erosion by waves than by uniform erosion or no erosion at all," study co-author Taylor Perron, a professor of earth ...

November's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be the last supermoon of the year, and you can catch it next week.

Of all the worlds in our solar system that may harbor some form of life, Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be the most exciting. The moon is a vast water ocean covered with a thick sheet of ice ...

The Florida night sky continues to put on a celestial display. Here is what will be in the skies over the Space Coast this ...

New research suggests Saturn’s moon Titan may possess a crust of methane ice that warms its interior, promoting the ...

Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of methane ice beneath its surface. Ironically, ...