In Greek mythology, Mimas was slain during the war between the Titans and the Olympians. Varying accounts have the Titan slain by Hercules, by Ares, or by Zeus.

Dione is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn. It trailing hemisphere features the most craters, leading astronomers to think that a collision may have spun the moon around 180 degrees.

In Greek mythology, it is the equivalent of the god Cronus. In astrology, Saturn rules over discipline, limitation, restriction, responsibility, and commitment. Aquarius: Uranus & Saturn ...

Saturn's moon Pan, named for the Greek god of shepherds, rules over quite a different domain: the Encke gap in Saturn's rings. Pan keeps the Encke gap open through its gravitational influence on ...

A powerful Olympian, and the Greek god of the sea. This deity was unruly and rebellious, capable of mass destruction through earthquakes and floods. He stuck his nose in the business of both gods ...

Named for the flute-playing Greek god of wild places, 21-mile-wide Pan is what’s called a shepherd moon. It lives within a gap in Saturn’s A ring, which is the farthest loop of icy particles ...

The god Saturn devouring his child. A painting by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Female rebellion is at the heart of the Greek story about the creation of ...

The Greek god of nature and the forest known as Pan is a satyr, a creature resembling a man with the hind legs and hooves of a goat. Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY ...

The Romans named Saturn, but in Greek mythology, it was known as Cronos (as in ‘chronology’), and so is also referred to as Old Father Time.

As Saturn’s rings vanish during 2025, so too does the constancy Galileo thought he observed in the strangest member of the Sun’s family of planets. Cronos, the monstrous son-devourer, has ...