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Saturn

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A Dragonfly for Titan

by Matthew R. Francis 14 February 202514 February 2025

A new eight-rotor robotic probe will head to the solar system’s most Earth-like moon. Here’s what its team is doing to prepare.

Titan's rampart craters.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Explosive Origins of Titan’s Rampart Craters

by Amanda Hendrix 21 November 202420 November 2024

In a new study, volcanic explosions are explored and modeled to understand the possible origins of rampart craters on Titan and determine whether their formation can source atmospheric methane.

Los anillos de Saturno
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Las estrellas lejanas resaltan minilunas en los anillos de Saturno

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 July 202424 February 2025

Al estudiar cómo la luz de las estrellas se atenúa al viajar a través de las partículas de hielo que rodean a Saturno, investigadores han hecho foco en muchas estructuras pequeñas en los famosos anillos del gigante gaseoso.

A series of curved lines, some brighter than others, encircle a planet that’s partially visible in the lower left foreground.
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Distant Stars Spotlight Mini Moons in Saturn’s Rings

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 16 May 202429 July 2024

By studying how starlight attenuates as it travels through the icy particles encircling Saturn, researchers have zoomed in on a host of small structures in the gas giant’s famous rings.

A global thermal map of Enceladus.
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Strike-Slip Faults Could Drive Enceladus’s Jets

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 29 April 202429 April 2024

The back-and-forth motion could also reshape surface geology at the moon’s south pole.

Diagram of the interiors of Jupiter and Saturn.
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Gas Giants with Fuzzy Cores

by Francis Nimmo 10 April 20248 April 2024

New measurements of Jupiter and Saturn show that both planets have dense cores that are gradational (fuzzy) and large, rather than small and compact.

Gray and cratered Mimas hovers in front of Saturn with its rings seen edge on.
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That’s No Moon; It’s an Ocean World

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 7 February 20248 January 2025

If Saturn’s cratered moon Mimas has liquid water beneath its surface, ocean worlds might be far more common in the solar system than we thought.

A brownish and gray image of the ringed planet Saturn appears against a black background, with portions of its northern hemisphere and rings overlain with colorful new spacecraft images.
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures Saturn’s Changing Seasons

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 September 202328 September 2023

Unprecedented images reveal how Saturn’s atmosphere is evolving as summertime winds down in its northern hemisphere.

Fine fountains spurt from inside the surface of a frozen moon.
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What Methane Jets Might Tell Us About Enceladus

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 10 July 202310 July 2023

Plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus are dumping methane into space—fast. Something must be resupplying the organic compound.

An image of a dark brown sphere and its rings is backlit against a black background. The closer rings glow in yellow-orange and are haloed by the dusty ring system in blue-white. Several bright specks are visible.
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Saturn’s Shiny Rings May Be Pretty Young

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 9 June 20239 June 2023

The rings are fairly shiny despite being bombarded by dust, indicating that they haven’t been around for very long.

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