Far from the warmth of the Sun, some of the coldest-looking worlds in the solar system may be hiding the hottest surprises. New modeling work suggests that several icy moons of Saturn and Uranus could ...

Titan is the largest of Saturn’s 292 known moons, by far. It’s also the only other cosmic body apart from Earth confirmed to host standing liquid similar to our oceans in our solar system. But don’t ...

As the moon makes its 29.5 day journey around Earth, it has regular close encounters with planets and stars along its path. In recent weeks our satellite has passed close to Venus and Jupiter (June 17 ...

Tidal migration – gradual outward movement of a moon due to gravitational interactions with its parent planet Axial precession – the slow wobble of a planet's rotational axis, which can fall in and ...

Saturn and the moon are about to meet up for a short-lived cosmic hangout. That's good news for avid skygazers, who will in one week have a chance to spot the celestial pair sharing a section of the ...

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Across the span of 1671 through 1684, Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered four moons of Saturn while working under the patronage of King Louis XIV. Cassini collectively named the ...

Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision ...

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