Scientists are actively researching the origin of Saturn's rings, and there are theories suggesting that they could be the remnants of a destroyed moon or comet, or they may be leftover material ...

The mass of the ring system is comparable to but less than that of Saturn's innermost icy moon Mimas. At the same time, Cassini observed material flowing from the rings into Saturn at many tons ...

Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...

One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...

Saturn's iconic rings are set to disappear from Earth's ... and could eventually disappear as Saturn’s gravity pulls the material inward. 'The sea that doesn't touch any land at all': All ...

Saturn’s rings are 169,000 miles in diameter ... The enhanced colors are used to illustrate possible chemical variations in the ring material. The image was taken on August 17, 1981, when ...

In studying Saturn's upper atmosphere, he and his colleagues found that the rings are slowly disappearing. Thousands of kilograms of ring material rain onto the planet every second. At that rate ...

Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called "Trojans." But the ...

Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called Trojan asteroids, are already known for the other three giant planets.

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn. Since it is easily visible to the unaided eye, humans have seen it since the ...

Approximately 466 million years ago, Earth might have exhibited a spectacular ring arrangement resembling Saturn’s. Recent research featured in Earth and Planetary Science Letters uncovers ...

This month is the last chance to see Saturn's rings for at least the next few years due to its position in relation to the Earth. Saturn will be very easy to spot tonight (Monday, October 14) as it ...