During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with ...

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible.

Saturn’s rings are not the permanent fixture they appear to be through a backyard telescope. Planetary scientists now agree ...

About 400 years ago, astronomers observing Saturn through telescopes were baffled when its rings seemed to vanish.

Saturn's rings will appear to have disappeared if you catch a glimpse of the planet through the eyepiece of a telescope on ...

Saturn stunned skywatchers on 23 November when its iconic rings seemed to vanish, leaving the planet looking strangely bare. Astronomers confirmed not ...

Skywatchers in India and across the globe are set for a rare celestial event as Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly vanish ...

Although the rings span more than 2,80,000 kilometres in diameter, their vertical thickness is barely tens of metres.

Normally," rings around a planet are created from the remnants of meteors, moons or left over planet pieces. But this is not ...

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 ...