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  2. In Depth | Saturn – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    While planet Saturn is an unlikely place for living things to take hold, the same is not true of some of its many moons. Satellites like Enceladus and Titan, home to internal oceans, could possibly support life. Size and Distance. Size and Distance. With a radius of 36,183.7 miles (58,232 kilometers), Saturn is 9 times wider than Earth.

  3. Saturn | Science – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    How Cassini Changed Our View of ... Saturn. Overview: Before Cassini, scientists viewed Saturn’s unique features only from Earth and from a few spacecraft flybys. But over more than a decade orbiting the gas giant, Cassini studied the composition and temperature of Saturn’s upper atmosphere as the seasons changed there.

  4. Highlights | Saturn Tour – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    There’s way more to Saturn than its rings. The planet also boasts a collection of exotic, and still mysterious, moons.

  5. Saturn By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, and the second largest in the solar system. It’s surrounded by beautiful rings.

  6. Saturn is the sixth planet from our Sun (a star) and orbits at a distance of about 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) from the Sun.

  7. In Depth | Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    Introduction. Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is an icy world whose surface is completely obscured by a golden hazy atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system.

  8. In Depth | Saturn Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    Overview. The Voyager and Pioneer flybys of the 1970s and 1980s provided rough sketches of Saturn’s moons. But during its many years in Saturn orbit, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered previously unknown moons, solved mysteries about known ones, studied their interactions with the rings and uncovered new mysteries – including the discovery on an ocean moon with potential ingredients ...

  9. In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    Introduction. The planetary system we call home is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.

  10. Saturn's Hexagon in Motion - NASA Solar System Exploration

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    This colorful view from NASA's Cassini mission is the highest-resolution view of the unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as "the hexagon."

  11. Saturn and Titan Resources – NASA Solar System Exploration

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    Introduction. This page showcases our resources for those interested in learning more about Saturn and Titan. It includes activities that can be done at home as well as videos, animations, stories, and articles.