May 22, 2025 · Facts About Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. It's surrounded by …

Apr 21, 2025 · Like fellow gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Saturn is not the only planet to have rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as …

Apr 21, 2025 · July 1, 2004: NASA's Cassini spacecraft becomes the first to orbit Saturn, beginning a decade-long mission that revealed many secrets and surprises about Saturn and its system of rings …

May 28, 2025 · Our solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There are five officially recognized dwarf planets in our solar system: Ceres, …

2 days ago · Learn about the inner planets, the outer planets, and the dwarf planets. Our solar system has hundreds of moons, and they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Many moons orbit planets, …

In March 2025, astronomers confirmed the discovery of 128 small moons around Saturn — adding to the already large moon count. Saturn's moons range in size from larger than the planet Mercury – the …

May 19, 2025 · Four spacecraft have visited the Saturn system, but only Cassini actually orbited the ringed planet. Doing so bought Cassini time – more than a decade – to linger and watch Saturn’s …

Nov 4, 2024 · Saturn is nearly twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter, and yet Saturn’s rings are so big and brilliant that Galileo discovered them the same year he spotted Jupiter’s moons. Cassini watched …

Aug 29, 2005 · The rings show a tremendous amount of structure on all scales; some of this structure is related to gravitational interactions with Saturn's many moons, but much of it remains unexplained.

Apr 25, 2025 · Saturn takes about 29 Earth years to orbit the Sun (a Saturnian year), and Saturn’s axis of rotation is tilted like Earth’s, resulting in seasons. But Saturn’s longer year produces seasons that …