New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have identified the mechanism behind one of planetary science’s most persistent puzzles: why Saturn’s measured rotation rate appears to shift by ...

For decades, Saturn has been playing a strange trick on scientists. Depending on how ...

For some time, astronomers have theorized that there is a connection between planetary mass and rotation. In the solar system ...

New research is revealing how a decades-long mystery involving changes in Saturn's rotation speed has finally been solved.

Learn how winds in Saturn's upper atmosphere power a continuous aurora, creating misleading changes in the planet's rotation rate.

Our Earth is well-suited for life because it is perfectly spit-roasted by our Sun thanks to our planet’s axial rotation — but other planets aren’t so lucky. A new study from Peking University reveals ...