Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.

The pre-dawn sky on April 25 will see a conjunction of Venus, Saturn and a waning crescent moon, which will resemble a ...

That prediction had been based on how the sun's wobble mostly mirrors the motion of the two most massive planets, Jupiter and Saturn, in their orbit around it. The wobble is small, barely outside ...

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

The sixth planet from the Sun now has ... circular orbits around the equator. Irregular moons typically orbit in big ovals further away from planets, and at a range of angles. Saturn has 24 ...

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion ... Cassini stayed in orbit around Saturn until Sept. 15, 2017, making a total of 294 orbits before falling into the planet's atmosphere ...

circular orbits around the equator. Irregular moons typically orbit in big ovals further away from planets, and at a range of angles. Saturn has 24 regular moons and 250 irregular moons.