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A shimmering patch of light as big as Sweden detected at the north pole of Saturn is the spectacular result of a giant stream of electrically charged particles from the planet's moon Enceladus ...

A shimmering patch of light as big as Sweden detected at the north pole of Saturn is the spectacular result of a giant stream of electrically charged particles from the planet's moon Enceladus ...

If given the chance to explore anywhere in the solar system, NASA astrophysicist Padi Boyd sets her sights beyond the planets themselves. In this short, wonder-filled clip, she shares her dream ...

A shimmering patch of light as big as Sweden detected at the north pole of Saturn is the spectacular result of a giant stream of electrically charged particles from the planet's moon Enceladus ...

Scientists are looking at a new way moons in the early solar system could have formed – from giant rings surrounding their planet. Even Earth and tiny Pluto could have harbored a ring at one point.

New impressive views of the giant planet Saturn and Io, the volcanic moon of Jupiter, have been obtained with the new NAOS-CONICA Adaptive Optics facility at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus creates an extra aurora glow on Saturn that covers an area as large as Sweden on the ringed planet, scientists say. NASA's Cassini spacecraft made the find.