Saturn’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere constitute a complex system in which neutral and charged particles interact under the influence of external energy inputs, internal dynamics and ring ...

Saturn’s signature ring system is heating the planet’s upper atmosphere. According to NASA, this phenomenon has never been seen in the solar system, and the unexpected interaction between ...

Saturn’s rings are disintegrating and heating up the gas giant’s upper atmosphere, according to a new study whose findings may help predict if planets around other stars have ring systems.

The discovery: Saturn's vast ring system is heating the giant planet's upper atmosphere. The phenomenon has never before been seen in the solar system. It's an unexpected interaction between ...

And finally during its fatal plunge we got our first direct measurements of the upper reaches of Saturn's atmosphere. Recently astronomers have put all together all that data to give us a hazy but ...

methane and ammonia.Saturn's winds are far stronger than those made by hurricanes on Earth, reaching an astounding 1,090 mph (1,755 km/h) around the upper atmosphere in the middle of the planet.

Researchers looked at observations from Hubble as well as the Cassini and Voyager missions and saw more ultraviolet radiation than they expected in Saturn’s upper atmosphere, indicating heating ...

the study authors peered through the haze of Saturn's upper atmosphere, hoping to find chemical remnants of the vast 2010 megastorm. In fact, the team found traces of all six recorded megastorms ...

found that Saturn's vast ring system is heating the giant planet's upper atmosphere. "The phenomenon has never before been seen in the solar system. It's an unexpected interaction between Saturn ...

in the upper part of Saturn’s atmosphere and how our understanding of it has evolved since the discovery of the ring influx. “My research shows the signatures of the ring influx to be surprisingly ...

In Saturn's ring rain, gravity is slowly dragging the water ice from the inner rings into the planet’s upper atmosphere, where they vaporize. The inner rings will fall first and the outer rings ...

The Saturn V had to power a crew of astronauts ... Second Stage: Through The Upper Atmosphere With the rocket now in Earth’s upper atmosphere, the spent lower section was dropped off and the ...