Observations made possible by NASA's Saturn-probing Cassini spacecraft led to the discovery that a vast liquid ocean is teeming beneath the icy exterior of Mimas. "Its heavily cratered surface ...

Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched down on Titan.

Their reasoning was simple: Mimas’ heavily cratered surface showed no signs of an internal ocean. As with Enceladus, Saturn’s gravity should churn the ocean waters within Mimas, causing large ...

While the pair could be seen in the night sky by the unaided eye, binoculars or a telescope would have allowed viewers to see details of the lunar surface, as well as Saturn's rings and moons.

Venus and Saturn have been getting closer (from our ... from east to west on that same imaginary track. From the Earth's surface, the planets always appear somewhere along that line, the same ...

Get ready for a year of jaw-dropping celestial events, starting with the ‘disappearance’ of Saturn’s rings ... casting a reddish glow onto the lunar surface. The Moon takes centre stage ...

Oct. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to six miles thick, which warms the underlying ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Planetary scientists don’t care about Mimas, Saturn’s smallest moon.

As Venus and Saturn meet in Pisces' sign, there's a focus on their life path. Relationships must bring out the best in them ...