Saturn
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![a pale gas giant, cut by the shadow of its rings hangs in black space, a large wispy storm in its northern hemisphere.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TLNt6tsfqLGSeSYsA83ioZ-320-80.jpg)
Saturn's planet-wide storms driven by seasonal heating, Cassini probe reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Saturn pumps into space varying amounts of heat based on its seasons, which drives planet-wide storms, data from NASA's Cassini mission has revealed.
![An image of Saturn's "tiger striped" moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TT68FP74C77E66bEH5Siqm-320-80.jpg)
Enormous 'San Andreas fault' on Saturn's moon could help reveal signs of alien life
By Robert Lea published
Huge "tiger stripe" fault lines seen on Saturn's moon Enceladus raise hopes that a "long-lived" ocean containing potential alien life may lurk beneath the moon's icy shell.
![An illustration shows Saturn's moon 'Death Star' moon Mimas with the gas giant and Enceladus in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wGYLCyxcfqSdMUq6FUezzT-320-80.jpg)
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an underground ocean scientists never believed could exist
By Robert Lea published
A new study of Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas finds evidence of a young, underground ocean that may be hospitable to early forms of life.
![An artist's rendition of Titan's landscape features a hazy atmosphere, dark dunes, and mirror-smooth lakes and seas that resemble Earth's. On these bodies of liquid hydrocarbons, new research suggests that the appearance of "magic islands" may be caused by floating organic solids.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kZ7HySpC8nHJv7CB8qYEZT-320-80.jpg)
Mysterious 'magic' islands that come and go on Saturn's moon Titan finally have an explanation
By Briley Lewis published
Bright spots that appear and vanish on Saturn's moon Titan have a seemingly simple explanation — they're floating chunks of frozen organic material.
![An illustration of NASA's Cassini orbiter soaring through a giant vapor jet over the moon Enceladus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nqifkMdf4bcF8tgpuQRuhj-320-80.jpg)
NASA finds key ingredient for life gushing out of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
By Joanna Thompson published
Scientists have discovered complex molecules in the gas and vapor plumes escaping from Enceladus's icy core — and one of them, hydrogen cyanide, is a precursor for life.
![This artistic rendering shows ice plumes being ejected from Enceladus at major speeds.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UCAkyYPPV6TfnKR3sA9AJB-320-80.jpg)
Signs of life shooting from Saturn's moon could be collected with spacecraft, scientists say
By Rahul Rao published
Possible amino acids spewing from Enceladus' subsurface ocean can survive impact with a spacecraft, lab experiments show.
![Voyager 2 took this image of Saturn on Aug. 11, 1981, when the spacecraft was 9.1 million miles from Earth.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nv4n4efoP5vxQBw3jbLV7C-320-80.jpg)
Historic space photo of the week: Voyager 2 spies a storm on Saturn 42 years ago
By Jamie Carter published
With the ringed planet currently perfectly positioned for observation with a small telescope, relive Voyager 2's landmark 1981 visit.
![A closeup of the 2010 megastorm that formed in Saturn's northern hemisphere, wrapping around the entire planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/acCBf6n7XcPo6x4DGEyWwe-320-80.jpg)
100-year-long 'megastorms' on Saturn are creating radio signals that scientists can't fully explain
By Brandon Specktor published
Gargantuan storms on Saturn can wrap around the entire planet and be seen for months. New research suggests their impacts persist hundreds of years longer than experts thought.
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