Unexpected Mixture of Hydrogen Cyanide and Hydrocarbons May Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Titan offers great motivation for the detailed study of organic chemistry in unconventional conditions. Nonpolar hydrocarbons such as…
Cassini’s Photos Revealed of Saturn’s Moon Titan as a World Like No Other
For thirteen years, from 2004 to 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted a detailed survey of the Saturn system.…
More Evidence Emerges That One of Saturn’s Moons Could Harbor Life
A recent study of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has detected several organic compounds that had never been…
Chinese and Spanish scientists tap into salt-laced ice to generate electricity – with a twist
Scientists from China and Spain have discovered that adding salt to ice can enable it to generate electricity,…
Cassini Detects Organic Molecules in Freshly Ejected Ice Grains from Enceladus’ Ocean
Saturn’s moon Enceladus continuously ejects a plume of ice grains and gases originating from its subsurface ocean via…
Orionid meteor showers and Saturn visibility in October
October’s skies are full of interesting celestial events that don’t require registration, payment, or queuing to enjoy. Perhaps…
New Simulations Decode Its Secrets
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus loses ice mass to space by cryovolcanic geyers, and new TACC supercomputer simulations have…
Ocean on Saturn moon ‘ticks all the boxes’ for life
The ocean hidden under the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbours complex organic molecules, a study said…
“Very Strange” – Saturn’s Moon Titan Is Behaving Unusually
Purple haze around Titan – A false-color image of Titan captured in 2004 by the Cassini spacecraft. The…
An incredible phenomenon, occurring every 15 years, has been observed on Saturn
Saturn is a planet that, like Earth, has an equinox. And this phenomenon recently occurred on the gas…
How to see Saturn at its closest viewpoint from Earth
Top astronomy events for September 2025 From a total lunar eclipse to Saturn shining bright all night long,…