A new study proposes that a crash between Titan and another moon spawned Hyperion and, much later, destabilized Saturn’s ...

Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when ...

Saturn’s moon Mimas earned the nickname “Death Star Moon” because of one enormous crater called Herschel. With steep walls and a central peak, it looks exactly like the superlaser dish from Star Wars.

New research shows that some frozen moons may hide boiling oceans beneath their icy shells, shaping strange surface features.

Nearly 20 years ago, an iconic part of the Star Wars sci-fi film franchise made a trip aboard NASA's Space Shuttle for a ...

Could ocean worlds in the outer solar system have boiling water underneath their icy crusts? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hope | Space ...

"Located approximately 20 miles to the southwest of Houston, Sugar Land was originally established as Imperial Sugar’s ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born in a colossal cosmic crash. New research suggests Titan formed when two older moons slammed together hundreds of millions of years ago—an event so ...

Now, a study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes an explanation linking the formation of the moons and rings, centering on the possibility that Titan is the product of a moon merger.

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is one of the solar system’s oddities. Now, researchers have unlocked key insights about this mysterious moon, including how it came to be. The answer may also shed light ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, might have formed after a collision with a lost moon, according to new research.

At a glance, Saturn’s rings appear calm and pristine when observed from afar. These rings are quite narrow and consist mainly of water ice particles that uniformly circle Saturn in a symmetric ...