In November 2025, Saturn's rings will appear to vanish as Earth crosses its ring plane, a rare event symbolizing a cosmic ...

“Full beaver supermoon” is not a combination of words that one encounters often, but this month brings the second of three ...

This month is going to be a treat for skywatchers as a bunch of celestial events have lined up during the period, from Meteor ...

November 2025 brings a spectacular lineup of celestial events for skywatchers, including the year’s brightest Full Beaver Supermoon, the Taurid and Leonid meteor showers, and Saturn’s rare ring-plane ...

In November 2024 I was interviewed for a marvelous NPR podcast called Living On Earth about my latest popular science book, Under Alien Skies. While prepping for the show, one of the producers asked ...

Scientists found new evidence to strengthen the case that Enceladus, small moon of Saturn about 310 miles wide, may have conditions suitable for life.

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

Saturn could be more visible than typical this weekend for Michigan stargazers. Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun in the solar system, will be in opposition Sunday, Sept. 21 — appearing opposite ...

For decades, astronomers have been awed by Saturn’s ring beauty. But a tiny, icy wanderer drifting between Saturn and Uranus ...

Galileo Galilei's 1610 telescopic observations of Saturn initially revealed features interpreted as two appended moons or lobes. Subsequent observations in 1612 showed the disappearance of these ...

Swirling around the planet’s equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a tilt. The belted giant rotates at a 26.7-degree angle relative to the plane in which it ...