Saturn - Science@NASA Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, and the second largest in the solar system It’s surrounded by beautiful rings
Saturn Facts - NASA Science Saturn also has dozens of moons From the jets of water that spray from Saturn's moon Enceladus to the methane lakes on smoggy Titan, the Saturn system is a rich source of scientific discovery and still holds many mysteries Namesake The farthest planet from Earth discovered by the unaided human eye, Saturn has been known since ancient times
Saturn Exploration - NASA Science Cassini studied Saturn from orbit for 13 years before its human engineers on Earth transformed it into an atmospheric probe for its spectacular final plunge into the planet in September 2017 Cassini also carried ESA's Huygens Probe, which landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005 From Earth, astronomers have studied Saturn with telescopes for centuries And the Hubble Space Telescope continues
Saturn Gallery - NASA Science This infrared global map of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus was created using images acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft
Saturn and Titan Resources - Science@NASA Saturn and Titan Videos Are Titan's Lakes Teeming with Primitive Cells? Saturn's largest moon is covered with the carbon-based building blocks of life and is the only place that we know of besides Earth with large lakes on its surface – made from super-chilled methane instead of water Could exotic lifeforms be brewing on Titan?
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's moons range in size from larger than the planet Mercury – the giant moon Titan – to as small as a sports arena The small moon Enceladus has a global ocean
Saturn - NASA Science 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
Saturn (NIRCam) - NASA Science On June 25, 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned to famed ringed world Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet The initial imagery from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) is already fascinating researchers Saturn itself appears extremely dark
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