Why don't Saturn's rings throw a shadow onto the planet's surface, like its moons do? John GrimleyToronto, Ontario The simple ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

Scientists estimate the total mass of the rings to be around 1.5 × 10¹¹ kilograms, roughly equivalent to the mass of Saturn’s moon Mimas. Remarkably, Saturn’s rings are also losing mass at ...

Saturn is also being orbited by a man-made satellite, the space probe Cassini, which will remain in orbit around the planet until at least 2017. The orbiter will perform repeated fly-bys of the planet ...

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

Of all the planets in our solar system apart from Earth, Saturn tends to steal the show with its breathtaking rings, which have fascinated people for centuries.

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Saturn’s other moons orbit over its equator ... But because Saturn’s orbit around the sun is tipped very slightly relative to Earth’s, we only see the rings precisely edge on at Saturn ...

The moon reaches its farthest point from Earth tonight, known as apogee, making it appear ever so slightly smaller in the ...

There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...

the sixth largest of Saturn's moons, is known for spraying out tiny icy silica particles -- so many of them that the particles are a key component of the second outermost ring around ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.