Unlike rocky planets where asteroid impacts leave visible craters, gas giants like Saturn have outer layers of hydrogen and ...

Astronomers have called for help to identify a mystery object that may have hit Saturn on Saturday in what could be the first ...

Our universe just got a lot weirder. From planets with rings larger than the Sun to alien worlds where it rains molten iron or glows magenta, NASA’s latest exoplanet discoveries are challenging ...

Far beyond the warmth of our Sun, hidden beneath a dense orange haze, Saturn’s moon Titan holds secrets that defy imagination ...

Astronomers investigate a potential impact on Saturn after a bright flash was caught on camera. NASA image may show first ...

Astronomers are examining a possible first-ever recorded impact on Saturn after a bright flash was captured in a photo taken by NASA collaborator Mario Rana on July 5. The observation, made during a ...

The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Astronomers are calling for images of Saturn captured over the weekend that may help document a rare impact event with a ...

Bluish-white Regulus in Leo is moving toward the western horizon and sets around 10 p.m. in mid-July, followed a couple of ...

Astronomers have called for help to identify a mystery object that may have hit Saturn on Saturday in what could be the first ...

In 2013 scientists studying data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft—which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017— read the seismic signatures in the rings and used them to peer inside the planet.

Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn every year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it ...