Nasa Saturn Research

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  Enceladus' Geysers May Not Come from Underground Ocean, Study Suggests

  Enceladus, one of Saturn’s most intriguing moons, has long been thought to have water plumes erupting from its underground ocean. However, a recent study proposes an alternative explanation, suggesting the plumes may originate from a semi-liquid layer within the moon’s ice shell. Researchers believe shear heating along fractures creates slushy,...

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  Research Reveals Saturns Rings Are Younger Than Previously Thought

  According to new research, Saturn's rings are not permanent and are far younger than previously believed.

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  Scientists Find Out Why Jupiter Doesn't Have Glorious Rings Like Saturn

  Scientists have uncovered why Jupiter does not have rings like its neighbouring planet Saturn. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, ran a computer simulation of both Jupiter's orbits and the four main moons that surrounded it to understand why the giant gaseous planet is missing the hoops. 

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  Saturn's Aurorae Fuelled by Planet's High-Altitude Winds, Research States

  An aurora is a beautiful display of natural lights in the sky, usually seen near the North and South Poles at night. Scientists have long believed that aurorae are created when the solar winds interact with the Earth's magnetic field — when streams of electrified particles emitted by the Sun are trapped in the magnetic field of the Earth.

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  Researchers Rediscover 'Lost Planet' Using New Method in Another Step Towards Finding Habitable Planets

  Researchers from University of Warwick in the UK rediscovered the planet named NGTS-11b using the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) telescopes in Chile. The planet was originally found in 2018 using data from NASA’s TESS telescope which scans for a dip in light from the star to identify a planet.

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  Saturn's Moon Titan Drifting Away 100 Times Faster Than Previous Belief

  A new research led by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for the entire Saturn system as well as other planets and moons.

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  NASA Says Saturn Rings May Vanish In 100 Million Years

  Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated from Voyager 1 and 2 observations made decades ago, confirms new NASA research that estimates that the rings have less than 100 million years to live.

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  NASA's Cassini Probe Of Saturn Prepares For Last Plunge

  NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft is preparing for its final plunge into Saturn later this year, after two decades of helping Earth-bound scientists make new discoveries about the sixth planet from the Sun and its mysterious rings.

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  JPL Proposes Sending Robots to Europa, Enceladus to Search for Life

  Nasa has received a proposal from researchers at JPL proposing robots to explore Jupiter and Saturn's icy moons.

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  Scientists To Look For Aliens On Jupiter And Saturn's Icy Moons

  In one of its most ambitious projects in deep space, a team of NASA researchers are proposing to send robots at the centre of icy moons to explore the subsurface ocean for presence of life.

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  Saturn's Moons May Be Younger Than Dinosaurs: Study

  By comparing present orbital tilts and those predicted by computer simulations, researchers could learn how much the orbits of Saturn's moons grew.

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  Mars Might Get Rings Just Like Saturn's One Day: Study

  According to researchers, Phobos could form Martian rings that last for 1 million to 100 million years.

• Saturn's rings are 4.4 billion years old

  Researchers using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found that Saturn's rings formed around 4.4 billion years ago, shortly after the planet itself took shape.

• NASA's flexible rover could explore Saturn's moon Titan

  NASA's proposed "Super Ball Bot" could hold the key to making landing a rover on another planet easier and far less expensive, researchers say.