Pioneer 11,Voyager 1and2, and theCassini-Huygens missionhave all studied the planet. Cassini orbited Saturn from July 2004 until September 2017, sending back a wealth of data about the planet, its moons, and rings. Saturn has more moons than any other planet. ...
Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the second largest in the solar system (after Ganymede of Jupiter). It is the only moon in the solar system with clouds and a dense, planet-like atmosphere. Scientists think conditions on Titan are similar to Earth's early years (the main difference is...
There have been more missions toMarsthan any other planet. Jupiterhas more than double the mass of all the other planets combined. Saturnhas more moons than any other planet in the Solar System. Uranushas only been visited by a single spacecraft, Voyager 2. ...
Cassini-Huygens orbited Saturn from July 2004 until September 2017, sending back a wealth of data about the planet, its moons, and rings. With a radius of 36,183.7 miles (58,232 kilometers), Saturn is 9 times wider than Earth. If Earth were the size of a nickel, Saturn would be ...
Voyager 1 visits Saturn and its moons Scientists only had to wait about a year, until 1980, to get close-up pictures of Saturn. Like Jupiter, the ringed planet turned out to be full of surprises. One of Voyager 1's targets was the F ring, a thin structure discovered only the year pr...
Jupiter’s moons Europa and Ganymede have subsurface oceans that have conditions with the potential to support life. Saturn Saturn, also known as the ringed planet, is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet. Saturn is pale yellow due to ammonia crystals in its upper atm...
When people think of ring systems, Saturn is usually the planet that comes to mind. But would it surprise you to know that Neptune has a ring system as well? Unfortunately, it is rather difficult to observe compared to Saturn’s bright, bold ring; which is why it is not so well-recogn...
5. No one knows how old Saturn’s rings are There’s a field of ice and rock debris circling Saturn that from afar, appear as rings. Early telescope observations of the planet in the 1600s caused some confusion: does that planet have ears, or moons, or what? With better resolution, ...
How many dwarf planets are there?5 How many moons does Mercury have?0 How many moons does Venus have?0 How many moons does Earth have?1 How many moons does Mars have?2 How many moons does Jupiter have?79 How many moons does Saturn have?62 ...
However, in 2020, scientists revealed the discovery of a strange chemical in the planet's clouds that some think could be a sign of life: phosphine. Phosphine is a chemical compound that has been seen on Earth as well as on Jupiter and Saturn. Scientists think that, on Venus, it could...