Haze-enshrouded Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and the solar system’s second-largest, and an all-around exceptional place. Titan is the only known world other than Earth where any sort of liquid collects on its surface.

From the haze-shrouded surface of Titan to crater-riddled Phoebe, each of Saturn's moons tells another piece of the story surrounding the Saturn system. Saturn has 83 moons. Sixty-three moons are confirmed and named, and another 20 moons are awaiting confirmation of discovery and official naming by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

Of the terrestrial (rocky) planets of the inner solar system, neither Mercury nor Venus have any moons at all, Earth has one and Mars has its two small moons. In the outer solar system, the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and the ice giants Uranus and Neptune have dozens of moons.

Sep 14, 2022 · Saturn boasts a collection of 62 exotic moons, and while we’ve learned some amazing things about these moons, there are many open questions about them and what they can teach us about the evolution of the solar system.

Oct 9, 2008 · About as wide as Arizona, Enceladus orbits Saturn at a distance of 148,000 miles (238,000 kilometers) between the orbits of two other moons, Mimas and Tethys. Enceladus is tidally locked with Saturn, keeping the same face toward the planet.

Jan 9, 2025 · The colorful globe of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the planet and its rings in this true color snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Jun 7, 2017 · Saturn’s moon Phoebe can seem unremarkable from Earth — just another run-of-the-mill space rock slowly tumbling along in its orbit, so distant and small that it’s invisible to most ground-based telescopes.

Saturn’s moons contribute material to Saturn’s rings and magnetosphere, but the moons also collect material from Saturn’s rings and magnetosphere. Saturn’s moons range in size from smaller than a football stadium to larger than the planet Mercury, and they vary in color, texture and composition.

Dec 8, 2014 · New color maps of Saturn's major icy moons demonstrate how much NASA's Cassini mission has changed our view of the Saturn system since the Voyager era.

Jul 17, 2011 · Saturn’s invisible radiation belts are like much of the rest of the planet’s system – unique. NASA’s Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft found gaps in the belts at distances from Saturn that match the orbits of some of Saturn’s moons, suggesting the moons were sweeping up …