Stunning JWST image sees Saturn show off its glowing rings
30 June 2023
A strange and unfamiliar view of Saturn has been captured by the James Webb Space Telescope to help researchers identify its smaller objects and structures
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Bits of Saturn’s rings are falling onto the planet and heating it up
30 March 2023
Observations from five spacecraft over 40 years have shown that as Saturn’s rings slowly disintegrate, the particles fall into the planet’s atmosphere and heat it
Enceladus shown to have all six of the essential elements for life
21 September 2022
Reanalysis of icy rock grains from a ring of Saturn – fed by ice plumes from its moon Enceladus – has revealed the presence of phosphorus, the only key essential element for life that hadn’t already been spotted
Saturn's rings could have come from a destroyed moon named Chrysalis
15 September 2022
The origins of Saturn’s rings, its unusual tilt and the strange tie between the planet and Neptune have been mysteries for years. They could all be solved by the destruction of a moon
Saturn’s small moon Mimas may be hiding an impossible ocean
11 January 2022
Mimas doesn’t show any hints of liquid water, and it seems impossible that it could have an ocean under its surface, but that’s exactly what a new set of simulations suggest
Saturn’s moon Titan may be doomed to fly away or smash into the planet
22 October 2021
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is slowly migrating away from the planet, which is tilting Saturn onto its side and may eventually doom the moon to orbital chaos
Spacecraft could detect signs of life on Saturn's moon Enceladus
28 September 2021
Plumes of water shot into space by Enceladus, the icy moon of Saturn, may contain molecular signs of alien life, and a spacecraft could collect them from orbit
Snake-like robot could explore Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus
13 August 2021
A snake-like robot made of giant screws and flexible joints that can travel across hard or loose surfaces and worm into tiny spaces such as tubes and tunnels may be key to exploring the interior of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus
Puzzling signal on Saturn’s moon Rhea may finally be explained
22 January 2021
NASA’s Cassini mission spotted a strange signal coming from Saturn’s second-largest moon Rhea – it may be from hydrazine, a compound often used in rocket fuel
We've discovered 20 more moons of Saturn – and you can help name them
9 October 2019
We have discovered 20 new moons orbiting Saturn, all of them less than 5 kilometres across. This means Saturn has 82 moons, the most of any known planet
