How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

Is this the close-up of vinyl, or is it just Saturn's rings? NASA just released a stunningly crisp image of Saturn's rings on their Instagram page last Tuesday, June 15. The image was captured by the ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

This photo of Saturn was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on October 22, 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 850 million miles from Earth. Hubble's ultra-sharp vision reveals a ...

The Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander will be one of NASA's most diversely capable planetary exploration craft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Experts have discovered that the moon is leaking heat from both of its poles, which they say indicates that Enceladus could ...

Saturn officially has 63 moons, with another 20 currently awaiting confirmation of their discovery and subsequent naming by the International Astronomical Union. The ringed planet has more moons than ...

Over the next decade, NASA could make transformative discoveries that broaden our understanding of our solar system, using probes to study our solar system's ice giants and continuing to search for ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter. Though ...