Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system.

Saturn is also being orbited by a man-made satellite, the space probe Cassini, which will remain in orbit around the planet until at least 2017. The orbiter will perform repeated fly-bys of the planet ...

Saturn rotates a on a 27 degree tilt that causes strong seasonal variations. Saturn circles the sun on a 27 degree tilt that experts now believe could be caused its moons and especially Titan, the ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

Saturn’s rings would offer a more interesting view than the Moon’s craters ... He wanted to show a sense of scale. This is what planets would look like if they were at the distance of the ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Titan is the only known moon with an atmosphere, and the most Earth-like place we know of. It has rain, lakes, and oceans ...