Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have formed in a collision with another moon, and ...

Behind the serene, glowing beauty of Saturn’s rings lies a story of cosmic chaos. Once thought to be as old as the planets ...

Now, a study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes an explanation linking the formation of the moons and rings, centering on the possibility that Titan is the product of a moon merger.

Iapetus is one of Saturn’s most puzzling moons, marked by an extreme contrast between a dark hemisphere and a bright one. Adding to the mystery is a massive equatorial ridge that wraps around much of ...