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What new information has been discovered about the sixth planet from the Sun?

The planet Saturn, surrounded by its famous rings, is also surrounded by some of the most unique moons in the Solar System.

The Voyager space probe to Saturn revealed incredibly detailed unexpected structure in Saturn's rings. Resonant orbits of Saturn's moons help cause this structure.

As scientists examine more of the solar system they are finding water where none was thought to exist before.

The Voyager space probe to Saturn revealed incredibly detailed unexpected structure in Saturn's rings. Shepherd moons help cause this structure.

A Moon in Taurus, Moon in Gemini, and showdowns between the bull and not only Saturn but Jupiter too---- "Oh, my ears and whiskers", as a white rabbit once said.

A little larger than the planet Mercury, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has a significant nitrogen atmosphere but is cold enough for lakes of liquid methane.

There has long been a search for life outside of Earth. Scientists in the past have tagged Venus and Mars as potential candidates for having at least some form of life.

Biography of Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Christiaan Huygens, scientist of the late 17th century, famed for invention of the pendulum clock, and more.

The first lunar ring has been found around a moon of the planet best known for its rings: Saturn.

Pushing Ice has echoes of Arthur Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama, Tau Zero, Greg Bear's Eon and Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon The Deep -- but is wholly Alastair Reynolds work

Biology on other planets might be similar to life on earth or extremely different. Astrobiologists study these possibilities and search for extraterrestrial life.

Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is a little speedster that is both scorching hot AND freezing cold.

The combination of a planetarium and a nature center seems unusual, but it works well in Fort Myers, FL.

Extremophiles survive harsh conditions that would otherwise be unlivable. Studying them offers clues to evolution, adaptation and the possibility of life on other worlds.

The 40th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon prompts asking if mankind should continue exploring space by traveling to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.