Artist rendering of moons orbiting Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute The official number of moons orbiting Saturn nearly doubled last month when the International Astronomy Union (IAU) recognized the discovery of 128 new Saturnian satellites,...
Pictured Above: Saturn’s moon Mimas, aka the “Death Star.” Credit: NASA Scientists just discovered liquid water in a place they never expected: Mimas, a small moon of Saturn nicknamed the ‘Death Star’ due to its resemblance to the Empire’s space...
Image of Saturn. Credit: news.discovery.com On November 12, 35 years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Saturn. According to this recent story, between its flyby in 1980 and sister craft Voyager 2 the next year, the spacecraft took some of the last...
