It was the first ring system ever found around a moon. Saturn's moon Rhea is named after the Greek goddess Rhea, who is considered the "mother of the gods," including Zeus, in Greek mythology.

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

The north polar hood can be seen on Titan appearing as a detached layer at the top of the moon on the top right. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of the smaller Rhea. [Read the Full ...

A new study reveals a curious relationship between Saturn's moon Rhea and its neighbor, Titan. The second largest planet of the Solar System, Saturn is adorned by icy rings and orbited by a ...

Like Tethys and Dione, Rhea is also tidally locked in phase with its parent, meaning that one side of the moon always faces Saturn. For centuries after its discovery, Rhea remained merely a tiny ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Saturn's icy moon Rhea has an oxygen and carbon dioxide atmosphere that is very similar to Earth's. Even better, the carbon dioxide suggests there ...