On approach to Saturn ... planet. The results give 10 hours, 45 minutes, 45 seconds (plus or minus 36 seconds) as the length of time it takes Saturn to complete each rotation. Here's the puzzle ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun – The Ringed Planet. Curious, young sky watchers often ask, “What’s the planet with the rings?” These rings are Saturn's identity, and those very rings that ...

NASA's Cassini orbiter has already taken some stunning photos of Saturn and its moons ... the study of each season a lengthy endeavor. The planet is composed of rock, water ice, and methane ...

[The question on Saturn is] how did such a large system form and how can such a large system stay unchanged on this large planet?" By creating a 3D simulation model of Saturn's atmosphere ...

when the sun passed directly behind Saturn and remained blocked by the planet for 12 hours. Another rare event this August allowed Cassini to examine the vertical depth of the rings during the ...

They found that, at the gap's outer edge, a reservoir of planetesimals — the asteroid-size building blocks of planets — likely accumulated over time. They also discovered that Saturn's core ...

Saturn's rings are falling in on the planet as icy rain, according to researchers. Scientists say this is occurring due to the planet's intense gravity. Dr. James O’Donoghue, from the Japan ...

Saturn is sending astronomers mixed signals — radio signals, that is. NASA's Cassini spacecraft recently found that the natural radio wave signals coming from the giant planet differ in the ...