NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

When the rimwall of Iapetus’s Malun crater broke off and plunged more than five miles to the crater floor, it surged an astonishing 22 miles out from the base of the wall before finally coming ...

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

But there’s a rarer sight on display: Saturn’s moon Iapetus, now roughly 11th magnitude and about 1’ southwest of the planet. Tomorrow, Iapetus will be less than an arcminute due south of ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

For example, Saturn's moon Iapetus has a series of large ridges along its equator that could have been formed by past rings falling onto the surface of Iapetus, just as Saturn's rings are ...

A stunning new photo captures the moon and Saturn engaged in a cosmic game of peek-a-boo. On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe ...

This beautiful image shows Saturn re-emerging from behind our moon after a lunar occultation on 4 January. These occur when ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d ...

"For instance, Enceladus, a moon of Saturn with significant geological ... looking for past evidence of rings, such as Iapetus' ridge. Meanwhile, he and his colleagues are broadening their search ...