On the evening ofOctober 5, 2025, the night sky will offer a captivating sight: Saturn, the ringed giant of our solar system, ...

Monday evening (Aug. 11) offers a perfect chance to identify what many consider the most beautiful object in the night sky: the ringed planet Saturn. Helping guide the way, will be another familiar ...

NASA released new images of Saturn's rings showing "unprecedented detail." The images were captured by the Cassini spacecraft while it made ring-grazing orbits around the planet. The orbits began on ...

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The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) ...

The ringed planet will reach opposition on September 21. This rare event means Earth will be directly between Saturn and the Sun, placing the ringed planet at its closest and brightest all year.

Swirling around the planet’s equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a tilt. The belted giant rotates at a 26.7-degree angle relative to the plane in which it ...

Cassini launched Oct. 15, 1997 on a long-term mission to Saturn and its moons. After a trio of gravity assists, two from ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured these images of Saturn's rings in high detail.