Saturn

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Planets of Our Solar System

Cassini: Saturn

Saturn's three main rings

Hubble Space Telescope: Saturn and moons

Saturn: surface of Titan

Learn about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn with an atmosphere of its own

moons of Saturn: Mimas

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Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles

Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

Solar system illustration. (Sun; planets)

A Model of the Cosmos

Galaxy clusters like Abell 2744 can act as a natural cosmic lens, magnifying light from more distant, background objects through gravity. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may be able to detect light from the first stars in the universe if they are gravitationally lensed by such clusters. (astronomy, space exploration, galaxies)

How Fast Is the Universe Expanding?

Mars rover. Mars Pathfinder. NASA. Sojourner.

10 Important Dates in Mars History

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Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).

How Many Countries Are There in the World?

Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

Roman Catholic Saints

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Submerged sperm whale off east Sri Lanka coast, mammal

How Did the Sperm Whale Get Its Name?

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

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NASA's Dragonfly nuclear-powered helicopter clears key hurdle ahead of 2028 launch toward huge Saturn moon Titan • Apr. 26, 2025, 6:42 AM ET (Space)

A ‘sad face’ in the sky: Singaporeans catch rare ‘smiley’ celestial alignment • Apr. 25, 2025, 8:31 AM ET (Straits Times)

Mercury, Venus and Saturn to delight stargazers in a parade across the sky • Apr. 24, 2025, 5:42 AM ET (NPR)

There's liquid on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. But something's missing and scientists are confused • Apr. 23, 2025, 1:46 AM ET (Space)

Triple conjunction of Venus, Saturn and Moon on April 25 • Apr. 22, 2025, 8:31 AM ET (The Hindu)

Photos and Videos

Cassini: Saturn

Saturn's three main rings

Hubble Space Telescope: Saturn and moons

Saturn: surface of Titan

moons of Saturn: Mimas

Learn about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn with an atmosphere of its own

Witness Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn with an actual sound of ring particles striking Cassini

Arrive at Uranus with Voyager 2, know its discoveries, and see close-ups of Miranda

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This artist's concept illustrates Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars -- what's called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen in the foreground, was discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. The two orbiting stars r

Extrasolar Planets

1 July 2002: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite reveals a massive solar eruption more than 30 times the Earth's diameter. The eruption formed when a loop of a magnetic field over the surface of the Sun trapped hot gas.

Brightest Star in the Solar System

27 True-or-False Questions from Britannica’s Most Difficult Science Quizzes

Saturn. Saturn and its rings. Second largest planet of the solar system. Space Art

Planets and the Earth’s Moon

Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.

All About Astronomy

Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.

Can You Match The Moon To Its Planet? Quiz

View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).

Astronomy and Space Quiz

M101 (NGC 5457, The Pinwheel Galaxy). Hubble Space Telescope image of face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101). Largest most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy that has ever been released from Hubble. Created from 1994-2003

Everything in Space in a 25-Minute Quiz

Demystified

Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles

Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?