Scott Simon reaches into the mailbag to read listeners' letters. Topics include criticism for a recent "fight club" piece and reaction to the sounds of Saturn. Time now for your letters. (Soundbite of ...

Saturn has pulled decisively ahead in the solar system’s quiet “moon race,” with astronomers now tallying a staggering 274 natural satellites circling the ringed giant. The new count, driven by the ...

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. How many moons it has: At ...

In three months, Saturn's iconic, icy rings will appear to disappear, giving you a preview of what the planet could look like 100 million to 300 million years from now. On March 23, an optical ...

In the early 1980s, two Soviet-era missions, Venera 13 and 14, measured sound waves on Venus, producing a measurement of wind ...

Saturn's rings are falling in on the planet as icy rain, according to researchers. Scientists say this is occurring due to the planet's intense gravity. Dr. James O’Donoghue, from the Japan Aerospace ...

Saturn pumps into space varying amounts of heat based on its seasons, which drives planet-wide storms, data from NASA's Cassini mission has revealed. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...