Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

Saturn's famous rings are about to disappear. No, not literally – that isn't projected to happen for hundreds of millions of years. But for astronomers and stargazers using ground-based ...

If you were to pick Saturn out of a lineup you’d probably recognize it by its iconic rings. They’re the biggest, brightest rings in our solar system. Extending over 280,000 km from the planet ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

SATURN'S iconic rings are set to disappear in weeks, and won't come back into full view until 2032 The vanishing act is all down to an optical illusion due to Saturn's tilt, which will turn the ...

Saturn is one of the nicer objects to gawp at when you have access to a telescope or binoculars, being large enough to get a good look at, and having a pleasing ring structure around it.

Early in October this year, Saturn presented the strange appearance of being entirely without rings, even when viewed in the most powerful of telescopes. No great catastrophe had happened on the ...

which suggested that Saturn's rings are relatively young, perhaps no more than 400 million years old. Not all scientists agree with this conclusion. Sascha Kempf from the University of Colorado ...

"Previous estimates of the age of Saturn's rings required a lot of modelling and ... this could be as young as 10 million years but is no older than 100 million years. In terms of the full age ...

Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...

Many people have purchased a backyard telescope to look at Saturn and its spectacular ring pattern. According to NASA, you should be able to see Saturn's bright moon Titan and its rings through ...

Their simulations demonstrated that when micrometeoroids collide with Saturn’s rings, they vaporize upon impact, leaving little to no residue behind. This process effectively prevents the rings ...