Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

The rings of Saturn will temporarily “disappear” this weekend, though most stargazers will be unlikely to see it. The rings ...

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time ...

“When compared to our solar system, each of the four planets are inside the distance of Mercury’s orbit,” Basant said. The planets closely orbit Barnard’s Star, zipping around their stellar ... that ...

The instrument, dubbed Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme, or MagAO-X, observed two young planets ... for the first time compact rings of dust surrounding the "baby planets," which will likely ...

Voyager 2’s flyby of the sideways-rotating Uranus revealed previously unknown rings and moons around the planet. But the ...

While Saturn won't lose its rings ... likely formed around 100 million years ago. The rings, influenced by Saturn's magnetic field, are gradually being pulled into the planet.

Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during their period of maximum tilt as seen from Earth. Saturn's iconic rings ...