Saturn's iconic rings are set to disappear from Earth's view in March 2025, an event that occurs roughly every 30 years. This phenomenon is a natural consequence of the planet's orbital position ...

Later observers have been deceived in the same way. Saturn surrounded by its rings appeared to Scheiner and Hevel, in 1614, as a disk with two projecting ears. The Jesuit priest Eustachius de ...

The director of the Lick Observatory has announced by telegraph that certain “knots” appear on Saturn's rings when they are viewed at the present time with the great 36-inch telescope.