Planets with a strong magnetic field can create peculiar environments in their immediate vicinity. Earth’s magnetosphere protects us and also creates the Van Allen belts of radiation. Jupiter’s ...

Jupiter and Saturn may seem similar as gas giants, yet their vastly different moon systems reveal a deeper story shaped by ...

Saturn has pulled decisively ahead in the solar system’s quiet “moon race,” with astronomers now tallying a staggering 274 natural satellites circling the ringed giant. The new count, driven by the ...

"A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to Saturn and its moon ...

Saturn’s magnetic shield does not sit where many scientists would expect. After combing through years of data from the ...

The two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, also have the largest satellite systems, or the most moons.

Saturn’s magnetic shield is unexpectedly lopsided, with its entry point for solar particles pushed off-center. Scientists ...

Two faraway worlds in the solar system are about to appear rather close to each other in the night sky on Monday. The first planet from the sun, Mercury, and Saturn, the second of the gas giants in ...

A new study reveals how Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field helped its moons survive, while Saturn lost most of its large moons ...