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Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

A measured 15-hour delay in Titan’s tidal response indicates a highly viscous interior inconsistent with a free‑flowing ocean.

Saturn’s Rings Nearly Vanish This Weekend as Earth Hits Edge-On View

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics From Enceladus’s Ocean in Fresh Plume Grains

JWST Reveals Unexplained ‘Dark Beads’ and Asymmetric Star Pattern Over Saturn’s North Pole

Webb Spots Dark Beads and Lopsided Star Pattern Aligned Over Saturn’s Hexagon

New Simulations Challenge Giant-Impact Origin of Jupiter’s Fuzzy Core

New Simulations Undercut Giant-Impact Origin of Jupiter's Dilute Core

Astronomers Solicit Observations to Confirm Possible First Impact on Saturn