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A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

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That is, if Saturn wants to hang with its fellow gas giants and ice giants. In fact, even smaller terrestrial planets like Earth and Mars have Trojans. "We think it is about 9 miles (15 kilometers ...

This apparent motion of the planet, however, is not uniform, but is affected by the periodic shifting of our point of view, the earth, so that Saturn is not always easily found and distinguished ...

Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...

It’s a yearly moment when Saturn, Earth and the sun are in a straight line, with Earth in the middle. Our view of the ringed planets doesn't get any better than this. Here's everything you need ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf 4,000 light years away, raising questions about Earth ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.

This month Saturn is closer to the Earth then it will be all year, making it appear particularly bright in the night sky, Slate reports.But even at its closest, the ringed planet is 830 million ...