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Saturn Moons - Science@NASA Saturn has 274 confirmed moons in its orbit, far more than any other planet in our solar system In March 2025, astronomers confirmed the discovery of 128 small moons around Saturn — adding to the already large moon count
Saturn Facts - Science@NASA Like fellow gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium Saturn is not the only planet to have rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as Saturn's Saturn also has dozens of moons
March 29, 2025, Partial Solar Eclipse - NASA Science On March 29, 2025, the Moon will pass in front of and partially block the Sun, casting a shadow on parts of the Northern Hemisphere The central part of the Moon’s shadow, where the Sun would appear completely blocked, misses Earth, so no one will be able to see a total solar eclipse this time
About the Planets - Science@NASA Introduction What is a planet? The word goes back to the ancient Greek word planēt, and it means "wanderer " A more modern definition can be found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary which defines a planet as "any of the large bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system "
Saturn Moons Facts - Science@NASA The Voyager and Pioneer flybys of the 1970s and 1980s provided rough sketches of Saturn’s moons But during its many years in Saturn orbit, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered previously unknown moons, solved mysteries about known ones, studied their interactions with the rings and uncovered new mysteries – including the discovery on an ocean moon with potential ingredients for life
Solar System Exploration - Science@NASA The solar system has one star, eight planets, five dwarf planets, at least 290 moons, more than 1 3 million asteroids, and about 3,900 comets
Saturn - Science@NASA This color image of Saturn was taken with the HST's Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WF PC) in the wide field mode at 8:25 A M EDT, August 26, 1990, when the planet was at a distance of 1 39 billion kilometers (860 million miles) from Earth
Saturn Exploration - Science@NASA Significant Events ~700 BCE: The oldest written records documenting Saturn are attributed to the Assyrians They described the ringed planet as a sparkle in the night and named it "Star of Ninib " ~400 BCE: Ancient Greek astronomers name what they think is a wandering star in honor of Kronos, the god of agriculture The Romans later change the name to Saturn, their god of agriculture
Saturn Compass Image - Science@NASA This photo of Saturn was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on October 22, 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 850 million miles from Earth Hubble's ultra-sharp vision reveals a phenomenon called ring spokes Saturn's spokes are transient features that rotate
Evolution of Saturns Ring Tilt (2018-2024) - Science@NASA This is a series of Hubble Space Telescope images of the planet Saturn taken from 2018 to 2024 This sequence shows how the tilt of the magnificent ring system changes relative to the view from Earth, as Saturn orbits the Sun Approximately every 15 years the relatively paper-thin rings (about one mile thick) can be seen edge-on