Saturn's rings extend up to 175,000 miles (282,000 km) from the planet. However, they are very thin: The main rings have a height of only 30 feet (10 m), on average, according to NASA.

T o meet the challenge of putting a man on the Moon, the Apollo space program needed a rocket more powerful and advanced than any that had ever been seen before. The final result was the Saturn V ...

Facts about Saturn's rings, moons and more. The sixth planet from the sun has spectacular rings and dozens of moons, including one that scientists find especially intriguing.

SATURN is notably the most unique among the planets – adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets. But how many moons does the planet have? And what else should we know about this fascinatin… ...

On September 15, scientists will intentionally crash the Cassini spacecraft into Saturn. Mental Floss will be there in mission control as it happens. Here are some essential facts about Saturn to ...

Some of Saturn’s moons, like Enceladus and Titan, have internal oceans that might support life. Photo Credit: File Photo Saturn has a diameter of about 1,20,500 km, making it nine times wider ...

Top five facts about Saturn's moon Enceladus. 14 April 2017. Image source, PA. Image caption, Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, could hold alien life, say Nasa scientists.

Saturn has 60 moons, some of which are near or within the planet's famous rings; One of the moons is red, another is blue. In the months before it burned up in Saturn's atmosphere, ...

An image shared on Facebook claims to show an up-close look at Saturn. The image is actually an artist's rendering NASA distributed in 2017.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT SATURN. 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 ...