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.

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 ...

In Greek mythology, Tethys was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, and the wife of Oceanus. A watery goddess, she was considered mother of the chief rivers, and birthed 3,000 daughters known as the ...

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 ...

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 ...