The Latest Breaking News from Saturn

Chiron is an asteroid-slash-comet orbiting somewhere past Jupiter and Saturn

You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.” If you’re anything like me, you’ve never heard of Chiron before – and I’m a professional astronomer.

The new astronomer royal’s job really is rocket science, writes India Block

Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex organic molecules.

A new study suggests that cosmic radiation could potentially provide the energy to kick-start extraterrestrial life deep beneath the surface of icy worlds like Mars, Europa and Enceladus.

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun.

Efrain Morales captured the image of Titan's shadow darkening Saturn on July 18, while the gas giant was over 800 million miles from Earth.

Physicist who worked on Nasa Cassini mission ‘absolutely delighted’ after being awarded 350-year-old title

What could we choose as the seven most remarkable celestial objects visible either with our eyes or with a small telescope?

Saturn will be quite distinct in the Pisces constellation.

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar system – like Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus – may contain deep, salty liquid…