A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, sometime used to refer to a very large and loud fart. There are two gas giants in the Solar System: Jupiter and Saturn. The term "
Saturn photographed by Cassini in August 2009
Artist's impression of the formation of a gas giant around the star HD 100546
A gas giant exoplanet [right] with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf star [left] by the NASA-funded NEID radial-velocity instrument on the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth of the ave
Saturn and its prominent rings, as captured by the Cassini orbiter
A global storm girdles the planet in 2011. The storm passes around the planet, such that the storm's head (bright area) passes its tail.
Saturn's north polar hexagon as imaged by the Cassini spacecraft.
Auroral lights at Saturn's north pole