People thinks over Saturn’s awe-inspiring system of rings that enclose the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic ...

The cause of this phenomenon lies in Saturn’s axial tilt of 26.7 degrees, which periodically positions the rings edge-on to ...

Roughly every 15 years, Earth passes through the plane of Saturn's rings, causing them to nearly disappear from view - not to ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

For the time of rotation of Saturn's ring, Laplace gave the value 10 hours, 29 minutes, and 17 seconds. More recent observations give 7 hours and 45 minutes for the inner edge of the first bright ...

I WRITE to call the attention of observers to the present appearance of the inner dusky ring of Saturn. Although the ring is not very open, only permitting that portion near the ends to be seen on ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.

Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called "Trojans." But the gas giant, mostly known for its spectacular rings, may have cheated a ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the Moon as it closely passes the Ringed Planet on the evening of November 10. Our natural satellite will be just past its First Quarter phase ...

You’ll need a small telescope to make out Saturn’s ring pattern. This almost-full moon will occult Saturn from some parts of Asia and Africa, with full details and a useful map provided by In ...

Whether you believe in astrology or not, you can’t swing a pair of headphones this year without hearing a pop star talk about their Saturn return. Ariana Grande and Kacey Musgraves both dropped ...