Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn ever year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it seems ...

Figuring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...

Saturn isn't the only planet you can see in tonight's sky. Jupiter and the moon will also put on a show, NASA has said. "On Sunday night into Monday morning, Aug. 14 to 15, ...

Though Saturn is famous for its rings, all of the other giant planets — including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune — have ring systems. But Saturn stands out for having beautiful yellow and gold ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

Stargazing See the moon rise alongside the giant planets Neptune and Saturn predawn on June 19. The moon New moon of April 2025 sees Venus and Saturn join up in the sky this weekend.

Five planets are moving into a rare alignment, which will be visible from Earth this week. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up — in that order — for the first time since ...

A six-pack of planets will line up and light up the night sky this month, folks. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align for our viewing pleasure from now until mid-February.

They looked at the planet's gravitational pull and combined that with estimates of the core's density. After some tricky statistical analysis, they found that a day on Saturn is 10 hours, 32 ...

The king of planets. Following Saturn as far as rise times in our summer skies is the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter reaches opposition on Aug. 19.

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.Uranus ...