A new study hints that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was created around 400 million years ago, when two massive moons smashed ...

At a glance, Saturn’s rings appear calm and pristine when observed from afar. These rings are quite narrow and consist mainly of water ice particles that uniformly circle Saturn in a symmetric ...

Under this new model, Titan itself is the result of a collision between two earlier moons: a large body called “Proto-Titan,” nearly as massive as modern Titan, and a smaller companion dubbed ...

A study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes that Saturn's bright rings and its largest moon, Titan, may have both originated in collisions among its moons. This study was accepted for ...

After Titan's violent birth, its new orbit destabilized smaller moons. Resonant tugs drove collisions among Saturn's inner satellites. Most fragments would recombine into moons, but ice debris ...

New research suggests that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was formed through a violent collision between two moons around 100 to 200 million years ago.

Debris from the collision could have formed another moon of Saturn called Hyperion, and affected the tilt of Saturn itself.

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born of the collision of two smaller moons, according to new research.

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 from NASA.