Saturn
Is Saturn Making a New Moon?
Congratulations! It's a baby... moon? A bright clump spotted orbiting Saturn at the outermost edge of its A ring may…
Cassini Sees a “Zen Garden” on Titan
Looking like the flowing designs carved by a Zen gardener's rake, long parallel dunes of hydrocarbon sand stretch across the…
Virtual Star Party – April 6, 2014: Saturn Rising
Hosts: Fraser Cain and Scott Lewis Astronomers: David Dickinson, Gary Gonella, Roy Salisbury, Sharin Ahmed, Stuart Forman, Mike Simmons and…
Surf’s Up on Titan! Cassini May Have Spotted Waves in Titan’s Seas
It's no surprise that Titan's north polar region is covered with vast lakes and seas of liquid methane -- these…
Virtual Star Party – March 16, 2014
Host: Fraser Cain & Scott Lewis Astronomers: David Dickinson, Gary Gonella, Mark Behrendt, Roy Salisbury, Stuart Forman (more…)
Watch Two Dark Moons Sneak Into Cassini’s Shots
On March 11, NASA's Cassini spacecraft was acquiring some images of Saturn's back-lit limb when two of its moons decided…
Physicists Reveal the Hidden Interiors of Gas Giants
In astronomy we love focusing on the bigger picture. We’re searching for exoplanets in the vast hope that we may…
Watch Saturn Slip Behind the Moon
Or, more accurately, watch the Moon pass in front of Saturn. Either way you get the same result: a beautiful…
Can Moons Have Moons?
The Earth has a single moon, while Saturn has more than 60, with new moons being discovered all the time.…
Prometheus Practices Its Pull
Lit by eerie, reflected light from Saturn's F ring (and a casting a faint shadow through a haze of icy…