Dione: Discovered on March 21 ... pull of the planet particularly strongly. The heat from Saturn may allow the moon's icy surface to melt slightly, filling in craters and other signs of impact.

The ice-covered moon is Saturn’s fourth largest ... Observations of Dione by Cassini have revealed the presence of massive cracks in its icy surface, similar to those present on Enceladus.

Despite its uniquely rich inventory of organic molecules, Saturn's largest moon, Titan ... Often described as "Earthlike on the surface, ocean world on the inside," Titan is the target for ...

A briny ocean is concealed beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s fourth largest moon ... heavily cratered surface showed no signs of an internal ocean. As with Enceladus, Saturn’s gravity ...

The discoveries bring Saturn’s total moon count to 274, nearly triple Jupiter’s and more than the total number of known moons around the other planets. “Saturn is the king of the moons ...

Tethys and Dione, photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980. NASA/JPL-Caltech Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant.

Are there more out there? And what exactly makes something a moon, anyway? These new discoveries cement Saturn’s place as the winner of the Solar System’s moon competition, with more confirmed ...

Saturn's first moon, Titan, was discovered in 1655 by Christiaan Huygens, and in the following decades, Jean-Dominique Cassini discovered Iapetus, Rhea, Dione and Tethys. It took another century ...

Life in our solar system could exist, even on the icy recesses of Jupiter and Saturn's moons, contends research by Maryland's Goddard Flight Facility. Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus ...

Are there more out there? And what exactly makes something a moon, anyway? These new discoveries cement Saturn’s place as the winner of the Solar System’s moon competition, with more confirmed ...

The robotic Cassini spacecraft which is now orbiting Saturn looked ... ice-covered Saturnian moon Enceladus betray tectonic activity, hinting at liquid water beneath the surface.