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Jupiter boasts four Galilean moons while Saturn's only large moon is Titan. A study published in April 2026 traced that striking difference to the planets' magnetic fields — an invisible barrier that determined which moons lived and which ones fell.
Saturn's rings are arguably the most iconic sight in the solar system — and they're slowly falling onto the planet itself. NASA observations have revealed the phenomenon known as 'ring rain,' and the rings may be gone within 100 million years.
The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope observed Saturn at nearly the same time. What infrared and visible light each uncovered tells us something profound about how planets are built.