2005-01-14 04:00:00 PDT Darmstadt, Germany-- After a seven-year voyage across 2 billion miles of space and an unmolested passage through the rings of Saturn, a lonely European spacecraft named Huygens ...

The appearance of one of Saturn's smallest moons lends it the nickname "Death Star," but astronomers say new evidence suggests the world is, in fact, home to an ingredient vital for life: water. And ...

Scientists who have peered through the smoggy orange haze of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, have discovered that the surface is not entirely covered by liquid and solid organic materials that rain ...

Astronomers have uncovered additional evidence that one of Saturn’s smallest moons, Mimas, is hiding a global ocean beneath its icy surface. Building a stronger case for the presence of water — ...

The surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan has the consistency of soft, wet sand with a fragile crust on top, a new analysis of a nearly eight-year-old space probe landing suggests. Researchers ...

WAUKESHA, WI – While children look to the sky Christmas Eve, hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus, planetary scientists will be gazing at computer screens to monitor celestial goings-on. But these ...

With its huge rings of ice and dust, Saturn is one of the Solar System's most iconic planets. It's beautiful, really. But ...

A new study reveals a curious relationship between Saturn's moon Rhea and its neighbor, Titan. The second largest planet of the Solar System, Saturn is adorned by icy rings and orbited by a veritable ...