How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

JWST has detected rare silane gas in an ancient, oxygen-poor brown dwarf, revealing a key clue to why Jupiter and Saturn hide ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

Enceladus may be leaking heat from both poles—raising hopes that its hidden ocean could stay stable enough to support life.

There’s planet congestion this month as Saturn joins Venus, Mercury and Jupiter in the early evening Pottsville heavens and in my book it’s the best planetary telescope target. I’m certainly not alone ...

On Sunday night, Saturn will be closer to Earth than at any other point during the year. The American Museum of Natural History's Jackie Faherty explains how people can view this phenomenon. If you've ...

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Saturn now has 82 moons while Jupiter has 79. Each of the newly discovered moons is about three miles in diameter. Seventeen of them orbit the planet backwards. Forget Jupiter. Saturn is now the solar ...