A planet as hefty as Saturn wanders the galaxy in exile

In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems ...
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Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have its mass measured

Researchers have confirmed the mass of a free-floating planet thanks to a lucky convergence of ground- and space-based ...

A Saturn-Sized Planet Is Drifting Through Space Alone

Astronomers have finally weighed a wandering “rogue” planet, uncovering a Saturn-mass world flung into the galaxy after a dramatic planetary breakup.

Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...
Scientific American

Scientists Just Clocked a ‘Rogue’ Planet the Size of Saturn

Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time ...

Saturn’s moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggests

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saturn’s giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all. Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more akin to Earth’s polar seas, with pockets ...

See The Moon And Saturn Dance This Christmas — Here’s When To Look

On Dec. 25 and 26, a waxing crescent moon will appear close to Saturn in the night sky after sunset, making a beautiful ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have an Underground Ocean After All

A new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft may upend Titan’s status as an ocean world. But it might still have ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is an attractive target in the search for life—new research

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...