The night of January 21, 2026, will bring one of the most enchanting skywatching events of the season. A slender crescent ...

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A new image of Saturn demonstrates a technique that creates a ‘Chinese lantern’ effect, showing Saturn’s deep clouds silhouetted against the planet’s warm, glowing interior. Seen this way, Saturn’s ...

Jupiter and Saturn's different polar storms reveal clues about planet interiors: Saturn has harder bottom than Jupiter.

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Saturn’s clouds are full of raw beauty, but they also represent a playground for a branch of physics called fluid dynamics, which seeks to understand the motion of gases and liquids. Saturn’s lack of ...

Studying Titan's clouds will help scientists understand why Saturn's largest moon is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...