Planets with a strong magnetic field can create peculiar environments in their immediate vicinity. Earth’s magnetosphere ...

Saturn's magnetic shield is asymmetrical compared to Earth’s, suggests a new study involving UCL researchers, and this is ...

For years, Saturn made no sense. Measure its rotation rate using radio signals from its aurora and you get one number.

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

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

Saturn, too tiny to make out, lies at the center of a swarm of 274 moons shown her at their correct relative distances from the planet. The blue and red arcs represent the moons' orbits. Some revolve ...