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Illustration of Saturn rings

Using eclipses to calculate the transparency of Saturn’s rings

Saturn

The Storms of Saturn

Image of Saturn and some of its moons, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument on June 25, 2023. In this monochrome image, NIRCam filter F323N (3.23 microns) was color mapped with an orange hue.

Webb Space Telescope reveals astonishing Saturn and its rings

The panet Saturn with its trademark rings

Saturn’s rings are really young and mostly water

Mimas’ heavily cratered surface (left) suggests a cold history, but its librations rule out a homogeneous interior. Rather, Mimas must have a rocky interior and outer hydrosphere, which could include a liquid ocean (Option A) or be fully frozen with an irregularly shaped core (Option B). An ocean provides a better fit to the phase of the libration but is difficult to reconcile with Mimas’ geology.

More evidence that Saturn’s moon Mimas is a stealth ocean world

Artist's impression of the Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes erupting from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. These plumes are much like geysers and expel a combination of water vapor, ice grains, salts, methane and other organic molecules.

What it would take to discover life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

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