Of all the planets in our solar system apart from Earth, Saturn tends to steal the show with its breathtaking rings, which have fascinated people for centuries.

"The hem of her dress fluttering in the hint of a sea breeze": a bitter-sweet summer friendship The post Short story: ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Saturn’s other moons orbit over its equator, so the material from this one would likely have wound up in a similar configuration as well. Also, because Saturn isn’t a perfect sphere but ...

Jupiter orbits the sun every 12 years, while Saturn’s orbit takes 30 years, so every few decades Jupiter laps Saturn, according to NASA. The 2020 great conjunction is especially rare — the ...

However, warns the space agency, Saturn's rings are currently edge-on to the Earth. That’s because, like Earth, its spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbit around the sun, so the ...

That’s the same at Saturn, though since one orbit takes 29 Earth-years each of its four seasons last for around seven Earth-years. As it happens, it’s been summer in Saturn’s northern ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited debut launch of the New Glenn rocket, a super-heavy lift vehicle developed ...

This moon takes some 79 days to orbit Saturn; it is brightest at western elongation and faintest at eastern elongation, as tidal locking with Saturn causes it to rotate in time with its orbital ...

Saturn's rings consist of ice, dust, and rocks, with particles varying in size from small grains to large boulders. Saturn's rings are divided into several main groups, each named in alphabetical ...