Often depicted wielding a scythe, Saturn was considered an agricultural god, especially associated with seed-corn.

Saturn has a pale yellow hue due to ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere.

Saturn's rings are composed mostly of ice particles, with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust.

Wind speeds on Saturn can reach 1,100 mph (1,800 km/h), higher than on Jupiter, but not as high as those on Neptune.

Above Saturn's north pole, clouds swirl in a distinct and stunning hexagonal pattern. Why it's that shape is a mystery, but the storm has been there for at least decades, if not hundreds of years.

Saturn is less dense than water--about 30% less. If you could find a large enough pool to put it in, Saturn would actually float!

Titan is bigger than both Mercury and Pluto. It is the only moon in the Solar System to have a substantial atmosphere.

Atmospheric data suggests that lightning storms on Saturn turn methane in the planets' atmosphere into carbon, which clumps together, creating graphite. As pressure builds, graphite is compressed, making it literally rain diamonds.

With a polar diameter that is 90% of its equatorial diameter, Saturn is the flattest of all the planets. This is because of the its low density and fast rotation speed.

Close up views of Saturn's rings sent back by the Voyager probes, which visited in 1980 and 1981, show that the planet's twelve major ring structures are made up of thousands of smaller rings.