"We conclude that Titan's uniquely rich organic inventory may not in fact be available to play the role in the moon's habitability to the extent one might intuitively think." ...

This may be the case with Saturn's vortexes ... Space.com for about 2.5 years before joining Mashable to cover all things outer space. She took a ride in weightlessness on a zero-gravity flight ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured these two distinct views of Saturn, with a ring plane crossing depicted on the right. Reta Beebe (New Mexico State University), D. Gilmore, L. Bergeron (STScI ...

Some of Saturn’s other moons were discovered by space voyages, and some during what are called “ring-plane crossings”. When the Voyager 1 spacecraft passed by Saturn, it took images that ...

Carolyn Porco was 13 years old when she experienced her first 'cosmic connection.' She was on a rooftop in the Bronx, of all the unlikely places, peering through a friend's telescope when she caught ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a fascinating world that is unique among moons of the outer solar system. It's shrouded in a ...

Skywatchers in mid-southern latitudes will have the best chance at spotting the naked Saturn, if they can spot it from the morning twilight shining over the eastern horizon, according to space.com.

Space scientists have announced Saturn has 128 new moons. New findings have unveiled a new total of 274 moons, almost twice as many as all the other planets combined. The International ...

The diffuse outer E-ring comprises icy particles from ... They can be as little as 10 metres thick, but extend 280,000 kilometres into space. Saturn's rings' vanishing act comes down to the ...

Carbon dioxide has been an essential ingredient for development of life on Earth, making it a key target in the search for life elsewhere in outer space ... Jupiter and Saturn are thought to ...