Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and skywatchers in Florida, northwestern South America, the Caribbean and Central ...

Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...

One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn. Since it is easily visible to the unaided eye, humans have seen it since the ...

Saturn's rings are only about 10 metres thick from top to bottom, so they're really thin. So if you imagine holding a piece of paper and looking at it edge on it's really thin but if you tilt it you ...

With its huge rings of ice and dust, Saturn is one of the Solar System's most iconic planets. It's beautiful, really. But what's it hiding behind those bright clouds? Well, you're about to find out by ...

For the first time in 15 years, Saturn's rings are almost edge-on to Earth, making it the perfect time to catch this stunning view. If you've ever wondered what it's like to see this phenomenon ...

Venus is the brilliant evening “star” now shining at magnitude -4 in the southwest at dusk. In early November—five months ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft went quiet in interstellar space. Then NASA it communicating on a radio transmitter it hadn't used ...

What an autumn it’s been for stargazing all around the world. Between the frequent Aurora and Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas and all ...

The angle of Saturn’s rings changes relative to us over the course of its 29.4-year orbit. That means that every 14-16 years the rings are edge-on, to the point of being barely visible ...