Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...
Moving in some high-risk pathways between Saturn and its inner rings, it successfully got closer to the planet to fulfil its ...
For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the planet Neptune.
The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a vanishing ...
Astrophotographer Josh Dury took the photo you see above on Feb. 28, when seven planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — lined up on the same side of the sun.
By Sage Rohrbach A photo of five of Saturn’s moons, captured by the Cassani spacecraft. The moons visible are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Rhea, and Mimas. Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science ...
After sunset on April 2, look for the crescent moon and Jupiter in the western sky. The duo will appear within a palm’s width ...
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far beyond any other planet in our solar system. A natural-color view of ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...
Turns out, there’s a lot more floating around the planet Saturn than those famous rings. Space scientists announced last week ...
As far as planets go, they don't get much ... astronomers discovered 13 of Saturn's moons during ring plane crossings. Photo shows Geminid meteor streaking across the evening sky.