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An illustration of the spacecraft Cassini diving through Enceladus' plume in 2015.

Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus Is Likely the 'Perfect Age' to Harbor Life

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

It's probably around 1 billion years old.

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Saturn's rings and two of its moons, Dione and Epimetheus, can be seen in this image taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on April 2, 2016.

How Old Are Saturn's Rings? The Debate Rages On.

By Nadia Drake published

Pinning down the ring system's age has profound implications for the entire Saturnian system.

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Radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal many lakes on Titan's surface.

Saturn's Moon Titan May Have 'Phantom Lakes' and Caves

By Meghan Bartels published

These "phantom lakes" may be evidence of seasonal changes on the moon.

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Saturn and moons

Why Saturn's 'Ring Moons' Are Different Colors and Shapes

By Charles Q. Choi published

The probe's death death dive helped shed light on the mystery.

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An illustration shows the gas giant orbiting close to a star will starquakes similar to those found in our own sun.

Starquakes Rock Alien Sun, Revealing Details of a 'Hot Saturn'

By Rafi Letzter published

NASA's TESS mission has, for the first time, detected a planet orbiting a star with visible starquakes.

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saturn rings

Saturn Is Losing Its Rings

By Meghan Bartels published

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cassini grand finale

It's Raining Tiny Particles from Saturn's Innermost Ring

By Meghan Bartels published

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Saturn's hexagon

Saturn Sprouts Another Weird Hexagon, Puzzling Scientists

By Kimberly Hickok published

Saturn just keeps getting weirder.

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Enceladus

There's Spooky Plasma Music Traveling From Saturn to its Weirdest Moon

By Rafi Letzter published

Researchers for the first time recorded the gas giant's vibrating plasma signal to Enceladus. And now you can listen to it too.

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Cassini flying over Enceladus

No Aliens, But Scientists Find More Evidence for Life on a Saturn Moon

By Kimberly Hickok published

Large molecules coming out of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, might be produced by a biological source beneath the surface.

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