Is this the close-up of vinyl, or is it just Saturn's rings? NASA just released a stunningly crisp image of Saturn's rings on their Instagram page last Tuesday, June 15. The image was captured by the ...

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

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For decades, astronomers have watched ephemeral formations come and go on Saturn's rings. Now, for the first time in over a decade, these uncanny splotch-like forms are back. NASA calls them "spokes," ...

A recent discovery by NASA has left scientists both bewildered and excited—a mysterious cube-shaped anomaly orbiting Saturn. This unexpected finding has sparked a flurry of theories and discussions ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new "spoke season" surrounding Saturn's equinox, where enigmatic features form across its rings. The spokes' origin and seasonal fluctuations remain ...

Saturn officially has 63 moons, with another 20 currently awaiting confirmation of their discovery and subsequent naming by the International Astronomical Union. The ringed planet has more moons than ...

Experts have discovered that the moon is leaking heat from both of its poles, which they say indicates that Enceladus could ...

NASA has released a spectacular set of images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope that show the seasons changing on Saturn—the second largest planet in the solar system. The photographs, captured ...