Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Saturn is everyone’s favorite planet, it seems. Through a telescope those glorious rings make that world appear so three-dimensional that it’s not ...

It's not every day that a prominent feature of our solar system disappears, but that's precisely what will happen with Saturn ...

Planets don't get much more iconic than Saturn. But if you managed to see it through a backyard telescope right now, you wouldn't see its rings.

The rings of Saturn will temporarily “disappear” this weekend, though most stargazers will be unlikely to see it. The rings ...

Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

Our current view of Saturn means we're looking at the gas giant's famous rings edge on, making it impossible for telescopes on Earth to see them. This phenomenon is called a "ring plane crossing ...

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a vanishing ...

The rare phenomenon will start on Sunday, March 23, at 12:04 p.m. EDT (9:34 pm in India) and extend for a few days.

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

On 23 March 2025, Saturn's rings seemed to vanish from sight due to a rare event known as a ring plane crossing. This ...