A view across Saturn's ring plane, looking towards the so-called ring mountains. The ring mountains are strange vertical structures found on the edge of Saturn's B ring. They are not solid, but are rather a constantly changing accumulation of ring pa...

An animation across Saturn's ring plane, looking towards the so-called ring mountains. The ring mountains are strange vertical structures found on the edge of Saturn's B ring. They are not solid, but are rather a constantly changing accumulation of r...

In this artwork we find ourselves floating within the glorious ring system of the gas giant, Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice - which is why they are so bright - and range in size from about a centimetre to a few metre...

... inner planets are, from inner to outer, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The four outer planets are, inner to outer, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. ...

We are a few thousand kilometres from Enceladus, a mid-sized icy moon of Saturn. In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft discovered that this relatively small world - only 500 km across - is, surprisingly, geologically active. Geyser-like jets of water were ...

Animation showing how the planet Jupiter out-masses all of the other planets in the Solar System combined....

... s from the impact went into orbit, while the cores of the two planets merged. Within weeks of the event, the debris formed a Saturn-like ring around the Earth. Later collisions in this ring led to the formation of the Moon, probably within just a few ...

Graphic depicting the current number of natural satellites known to orbit each of the eight major planets (as for October 2021). Mercy and Venus have no satellites; Earth has one; Mars has two; Jupiter has 79; Saturn has the lion's share at 81; Uranu...

Graphic depicting the current number of natural satellites known to orbit each of the eight major planets (as for October 2021). Mercy and Venus have no satellites; Earth has one; Mars has two; Jupiter has 79; Saturn has the lion's share at 81; Uranu...