When these collisions take place, the icy particles vaporize, forming charged water molecules that interact with Saturn’s magnetic field; ultimately, falling toward Saturn, where they burn up in ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

That's ring rain. It turns out, Saturn's magnetic fields are slowly but surely draining away the rings, so we're lucky to visit the rings now, because every 30 minutes, they lose enough water to ...

Beyond those shepherds, Saturn’s system includes larger bodies that have unique properties. The biggest, Titan, is a place of ...

Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn all have dipolar magnetic fields, meaning they have a north and south pole - the type of configuration we're obviously used to. But Uranus and Neptune don't. Instead ...

The rings, influenced by Saturn's magnetic field, are gradually being pulled into the planet. The phenomenon of "ring rain" may lead to their disappearance in the future. Saturn, a gas giant with ...