Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice and ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took many dramatic images of the rings’ shadows on Saturn.

Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

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

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

A new discovery, made at the University of Tokyo's School of Science and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, is reshaping our understanding of the history of this planet with its famous rings.

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to monitor the planet post-Cassini mission. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

The normally broad rings presently appear much slimmer than usual, almost like a line across the planet. Without their countless reflective icy chunks adding to our view of Saturn’s luster ...

Jupiter is out here posting long, dramatic documentary-style videos about how it’s the biggest and most powerful planet. Saturn is a career ... #NoExcuses” “Rings are earned, not given.

This month, stargazers will be able to see seven planets in the evening sky, in a celestial event known as a great alignme nt. Five planets — Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury — will ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...