Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Despite its ...

Saturn’s massive hexagonal storm at its north pole has baffled scientists for decades. But what’s even more surprising? Earth ...

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

How Titan maintains its atmosphere Laboratory experiments produced gases similar to those on Saturn's moon Date: January 27, 2025 Source: Southwest Research Institute Summary: Scientists have ...

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense atmosphere formed.

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

The origin, age, and evolution of this atmosphere, which is roughly 95% ... which launched in 1997 and explored the Saturn system from 2004 to 2017. NASA plans to launch its next mission to ...

Southwest Research Institute partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science to perform laboratory experiments to better understand how Saturn’s moon Titan can maintain its unique nitrogen-rich ...

In it, Saturn hangs over windswept snow and brown ... With a thick nitrogen-methane atmosphere, Titan’s sky is choked with organic compounds, dust and aerosols. This is a world of hydrocarbon ...

Gravity is expected to pull that debris down into Saturn's upper atmosphere - vaporising the iconic rings in a process known as 'ring rain'. All you need to know about planets in our solar system ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...