Young Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field may have created a safe zone where several large moons could survive. Saturn lacked ...

Recent research suggests that Saturn's bright rings and its largest moon, Titan, may have both originated in collisions among its moons. While Cassini's 13-year mission expanded our understanding of ...

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be made of two different moons that smashed together hundreds of millions of years ago, a new study suggests. If confirmed, this epic collision could also help to ...

Tidal migration – gradual outward movement of a moon due to gravitational interactions with its parent planet Axial precession – the slow wobble of a planet's rotational axis, which can fall in and ...

Liquid water is ubiquitous on our planet, so there’s no shortage of places with soothing waves and a refreshing coastal breeze for fun in the sun—but Earth is not the only world orbiting our star ...

Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision ...

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.