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

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 ...

One of Earth's defining features is its magnetic field. It forms a protective shield against high-energy particles ejected by ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, Saturn's magnetic field is nearly perfectly aligned with its rotational axis, so a compass on the ringed planet ...

Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Charged solar particles flow along Saturn's magnetic field to its poles, generating a display (in infrared) akin to Earth's northern lights. Right click ...

The vermilion, amethyst and jade ribbons of the northern and southern lights are some of Earth’s most distinctive features.

The MAG measures magnetic fields. It was used to investigate the ... the two antennas to measure radio waves emitted by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, revealing details about the physics ...