Saturn - Science@NASA
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 …
Saturn Facts - NASA Science
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 …
Saturn Exploration - NASA Science
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 …
Saturn Moons - Science@NASA
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 …
About the Planets - Science@NASA
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, …
Saturn - NASA Science
Dec 21, 2023 · This photo of Saturn was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on October 22, 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 850 million miles from Earth. Hubble's ultra-sharp …
Saturn - NASA Science
May 22, 2025 · NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view of golden-hued Saturn and its main rings. This mosaic was made from 36 images... Titan and Saturn have very few things in common, but a …
NASA’s Hubble Watches ‘Spoke Season’ on Saturn
Dec 21, 2023 · This photo of Saturn was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on October 22, 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 850 million miles from Earth. Hubble's ultra-sharp …
Cassini: Saturn Rings - NASA Science
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 …
Saturn 2020 - NASA Science
Jul 23, 2020 · Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the opulent giant world was 839 million miles from Earth.