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

so they created theoretical models to test what would happen if dust particles smashed into the rings at top speed, accelerated by Saturn's gravity. Sign up for Chip Chick's newsletter and get ...

Newton used the three-body problem in his work toward developing differential calculus, working on problems like the Moon's orbit around Earth—but Saturn's rings and moons are tough to model ...

If you were to pick Saturn out of a lineup you’d probably recognize it by its iconic rings. They’re the biggest, brightest rings in our solar system. Extending over 280,000 km from the planet ...

The small moon, which is known as Saturn's "Death Star" moon because of its distinctive crater (not visible in the above image), can be seen floating above the planet's rings. SEE ALSO ...

Cassini shot the gap and lived to tell the tale. The Saturn-exploring spacecraft managed to successfully fly through the 1,500 mile gap between Saturn and its rings and survive seemingly unscathed.

If a small model were constructed of Saturn ... should tell us whether Saturn's rings are one body or many, seems a far cry; but, such is the case. This it does by measuring the motion of the ...

March has provided astronomy fans across the globe with plenty to appreciate and there is still a lot to keep an eye out for. Cosmic events including a partial lunar eclipse and dazzling planets ...

Progress through the ages One of those debates that lasted for centuries revolved around Saturn’s rings. First spotted by Galileo as early as 1610, it was Christiaan Huygens who first identified ...

Rings of Saturn, the band that records their albums at half speed, have won the competition to open this year’s Summer Slaughter trek, beating out a dozen or so other, more-qualified bands in an ...

features and photos for the latest model year. The Saturn Sky is recognized as one of the flashiest models to be sold by the now-departed General Motors' brand. A two-seat, rear-wheel drive soft top ...