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Saturn's rippling rings point to massive, soupy core hidden inside
By Tereza Pultarova published
Scientists used Saturn's famous rings as a seismograph to study processes in the planet's interior. The researchers found its core is like a soup consisting of rocks, ices and metallic fluids.
Look up! Saturn shines bright, shows off rings as it reaches opposition.
By Doris Elin Salazar published
Starting Monday (Aug. 2), you can find Saturn shining in the sky as part of a celestial phenomenon called opposition.
Methane wafting from 'tiger stripes' on Saturn moon could be sign of alien life, study suggests
By Mike Wall published
The methane wafting from Enceladus may be a sign that life teems in the Saturn moon's subsurface sea, a new study reports.
Subsurface vortexes may have created Saturn's mysterious hexagon
By Doris Elin Salazar published
Two researchers investigated the dynamics of Saturn's churning atmosphere to figure out what sorts of planetary fluid dynamics are creating its mystifying hexagon.
Weird Saturn hexagon covered in 'sandwich-like' layers of haze
By Chelsea Gohd published
There's an extensive system of haze layers in the bizarre hexagon on Saturn, a new study has found.
Saturn's weird, Earth-like moon just failed a key test for alien life
By Rafi Letzter published
Life on Earth likely began with the bubble-like membranes that surround our cells. Similar membranes probably wouldn't form on Titan, according to quantum mechanics.
Weird 'Tiger Stripes' on Icy Saturn Moon Enceladus Finally Explained
By Chelsea Gohd published
New research solves some of the mysteries of the "tiger stripes" on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus Is Likely the 'Perfect Age' to Harbor Life
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
It's probably around 1 billion years old.
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