Why don't Saturn's rings throw a shadow onto the planet's surface, like its moons do? John Grimley Toronto, Ontario The ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

As both planets complete their solar orbit, the way Saturn's rings look from Earth slowly changes. When Saturn's equator is directly aligned with the Sun, sunlight strikes its rings edge-on ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

March is a great month for skywatchers. It starts with a lunar eclipse at 11:57 p.m. ET Thursday that should last for about ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Amateur astronomers have lost one of the jewels of the night sky – the rings of Saturn. The majestic planet has slipped from Earth ...

A debate about the age of Saturn’s resplendent rings has been raging for a few decades now, with no end in sight. A new study by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo and the Paris ...

Listen, we know this has already been a disorientating year so far, but Saturn is about to lose its iconic rings. Well, sort of. Saturn’s rings will be impossible to see from Earth as of March ...

If you missed the grand planetary alignment at the end of February, most of the planets aren't going anywhere. Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter will all be visible just after sunset throughout early ...

Notice that in visible light, the rings only reflect and scatter sunlight, so they are dark where they enter Saturn’s shadow on the left. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/G.