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

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to monitor the planet post-Cassini mission. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

made a close approximation to the real form of the planet, but the mathematically-trained Huygens, in 1655, first described it FIG. l.-SATURN AND ITS RINGS, AS DRAWN IN 1894 BY LEO BRENNER ...

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 ...

Many people have purchased a backyard telescope to look at Saturn and its spectacular ring pattern. According to NASA, you should be able to see Saturn's bright moon Titan and its rings through ...

While Saturn won't lose its rings, they will go edge-on, making them essentially invisible to observers on Earth. NASA's Amy Simon notes that the rings will only be faintly visible in the months ...

Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and some skywatchers in Florida, Central America and South America will see the ringed planet briefly disappear behind our lunar companion.

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 ...

The Double Cluster lies 7,500 light years away, and was born only 12 million years ago – real infants on the cosmic ... is ...

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 ...

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