A single scenario could explain some of the odd features of Saturn's cosmic neighborhood. A project that set out to seek the origin of the planet's rings and why Titan’s orbit is expanding may have ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers have discovered that molecules on Saturn’s moon Titan may be breaking a fundamental ...

Behind the serene, glowing beauty of Saturn’s rings lies a story of cosmic chaos. Once thought to be as old as the planets themselves, these icy bands may actually be surprisingly young, and their ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have formed in a collision with another moon, and ...

The researchers studied how Titan’s strongest gravitational harmonics, particularly J2 and J4, shape the motion of satellites at a wide range of distances from the surface. Below about ten Titan radii ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Saturn's giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all. Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more akin to Earth's polar seas, with pockets of ...

For more than a decade, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft traced Saturn’s rings and moons, returning some of the most detailed planetary data ever collected. Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, drew special focus.

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Saturn's giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all. Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more akin to Earth’s polar seas, with pockets of ...

Does Saturn’s moon Titan have a subsurface global ocean where life as we know it could exist? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saturn’s giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all. Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more akin to Earth’s polar seas, with pockets ...