The idea that Saturn's rings are young seemed very strange in the context of the solar system's long evolutionary history." ...

The vapor would spread out in a cloud and then condense into charged nanoparticles. The team also simulated how the particles ...

The age of the rings that encircle Saturn is under dispute thanks to calculations that show they could have been formed ...

When these collisions take place, the icy particles vaporize, forming charged water molecules that interact with Saturn’s magnetic field; ultimately, falling toward Saturn, where they burn up in ...

If Saturn's rings are older, they are also easier to explain. The Solar System was much more chaotic billions of years ago, ...

Everything's stately and calm—until you zoom in. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute Saturn's powerful magnetic field also has subtle and strange effects on the smaller ...

In recent years, Saturn has overtaken Jupiter as the planet with the most satellites in our solar system. How many moons does ...

That's ring rain. It turns out, Saturn's magnetic fields are slowly but surely draining away the rings, so we're lucky to visit the rings now, because every 30 minutes, they lose enough water to ...

The vapor expands, cools, and condenses in Saturn's magnetic field to form charged nanoparticles and ions, which are either drawn into Saturn or into its atmosphere. Based on the low rate of ...

When these collisions take place, the icy particles vaporize, forming charged water molecules that interact with Saturn's magnetic field; ultimately, falling toward Saturn, where they burn up in ...