It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to monitor the planet post-Cassini mission. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

Saturn comes second to Jupiter in many respects—in size, age, prominence of stripes—but in terms of scientific intrigue, it ...

On Sept. 17, 1789, the British astronomer William Herschel discovered Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas. Of course, "Star Wars" wasn't a thing at the time, and no one had ever heard of something ...

Images of Europa, a moon near Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon near Saturn. Top: Europa, a moon near Jupiter about the size of Earth's moon. Bottom: Enceladus, an icy moon near Saturn. Both have ...

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