Saturn's largest moon, the smog-enshrouded Titan, could be the result of a dramatic merger between two other moons that ...
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born of the collision of two smaller moons, according to new research.
Feb. 17's annular solar eclipse occurred as the lunar disk slipped between the sun and Earth during its new moon phase. The ...
This hypothesis has the advantage of explaining why the rings have a lot of ice and little rock, in contrast to models where a moon strayed inside Saturn’s Roche limit and was pulled apart.
Titan orbits farther out, moving with steady confidence, whereas Saturn has always handled itself with a sort of serene ...
Scientists suggest Titan formed from a giant moon collision that also may explain Saturn’s rings and strange moon orbits.
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is packed with celestial events, according to a new skywatching update ...
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have formed in a collision with another moon, and ...
Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision ...
A new study, led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk, proposes an intriguing explanation for the formation of Saturn’s ...
In 2004, NASA scientists proposed that Enceladus, a small frozen moon orbiting Saturn, could hide a global ocean under its ...
In a paper to be published in the Planetary Science Journal, scientists from SETI Institute, Southwest Research Institute, Caltech and the Observatoire de Paris argue that Saturn’s largest moon is not ...