Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system.

Saturn is perhaps the best-known example, swathed by eight main rings made of thousands of smaller ringlets, but the other three outer planets also possess rings, the Voyager space missions revealed.

While the gas giant would have swallowed much of the moon’s mass and material, a small percentage of it most likely remained, acting as the origin of Saturn’s rings. Tech. Entertainment. Science.

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing ...

A new photo taken by a spacecraft near Saturn shows a small moon making waves in the planet's rings. The photo, captured by the Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 16, reveals the moon Daphnis as it makes ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, casts its shadow across the gas giant in a series of rare shadow transits. This unique ...