Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, revolves around the Sun in a slightly elliptical orbit at a mean distance of 1.4294 billion kilometers (888,188,000 miles) in 29.42 years. Perhaps best known for its rings, Saturn also has a large collection of...

The name given Saturn, the last of the planets visible to the naked eye to be acknowledged as a planet, is a puzzle. In mythology, Saturn was the god of agriculture; the connection between that entity and the planet Saturn remains obscure, unlike the...

Saturn (pronounced /ˈsætɚn/) is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Along with the planets Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune, it is classified as a gas giant (also known as a Jovian planet, after...

Levent Yilmaz. Saturn. Translated from Turkish by Unal Aytur. Riverdaleon-Hudson, New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 2006. $13.95 paper (ISBN 1-931357-21-8), 101 pages. Reviewed by Roxana Cazan The publication of Levent Yilmaz's Saturn, Selected Poems proposes a double achievement: a disclosure of a...

Listening to Richard G. "Skip" LeFauve talk about his work, it is hard to guess if he is an automobile executive or a general in the Salvation Army. He speaks about "caring," about "personal growth," about commitment, fulfillment and empowerment. This is the...

It's no secret that the Saturn Sky and the Pontiac Solstice share the same basic mechanical package beneath their respective skins. But before accusing the Sky of being a case of badge engineering, much closer scrutiny is in order. The shapes are decidedly different and in...

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Essay provides a mythological description of a trip to the planet of Saturn.