The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system. ... "Saturn: Composition and Chemistry", Saturn from Cassini-Huygens, Springer, ...

Saturn’s core is a big, diffuse, rocky slushball There are still uncertainties, but data from the rings rules out a layered model. ... But confirming that core composition has been difficult.

Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere, a phenomenon never seen in the solar system before, ... "They modify the upper atmosphere, changing the composition, ...

The ring rain’s diverse chemical composition “was a big surprise,” because remote observations show that Saturn’s ring system, on the whole, is almost entirely water ice, says Cassini ...

Surprising chemical complexity of Saturn's rings changing planet's upper atmosphere Date: October 4, 2018 Source: University of Kansas Summary: A new study based on data from the final orbits last ...

Saturn has a fuzzy core, spread over more than half the planet’s diameter. A wave in one of the rings reveals the size and composition of the planet’s core ...

Saturn's cryptic moon Titan bears scars of violent activity on its surface that make the ringed planet's satellite at once more familiar and more mysterious than scientists say they ever expected ...

Rain falls from Saturn's rings—and a dying spacecraft tasted it. As it plunged to its doom, NASA’s Cassini probe performed final tasks that are revealing secrets about the planet’s famed rings.

Saturn’s rings make it one of the most striking planets in the solar system, but scientists believe they could disappear in less than a 100 million years.