New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...
Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...
It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...
Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.
Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.
When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...
At that time, for a few days, Saturn’s rings will appear to completely vanish except when viewed through moderately sized telescopes. As one might expect, this cycle of disappearances and ...
Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...
Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere ...
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
People thinks over Saturn’s awe-inspiring system of rings that enclose the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic ...
You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.