Over the weekend, Saturn's gorgeous rings will nearly vanish from sight. No worries, they'll be back in a couple of weeks. This phenomenon is caused by an optical illusion that occurs when the ...

Credit: Creators.com illustration Saturn is everyone’s favorite planet, it seems. Through a telescope those glorious rings make that world appear so three-dimensional that it’s not uncommon ...

On April 26, NASA's Cassini spacecraft shot between Saturn and its innermost ring, going where no human-made object has gone before. Cassini has already made some new discoveries thanks to its ...

Saturn will temporarily lose its iconic look from our viewpoint on Earth, appearing as a pale, yellow sphere without its swirling rings shrouding the gas giant. The billions of rocky and icy ...

The small moon, which is known as Saturn's "Death Star" moon because of its distinctive crater (not visible in the above image), can be seen floating above the planet's rings. SEE ALSO ...

Saturn's famous rings appear to have "disappeared" from view due to a rare planetary event. It was reported that this phenomenon occurred as the ringed giant aligned edge-on with Earth for the ...

As far as planets go, they don't get much more iconic than Saturn: a huge golden ball encircled by gigantic rings. There's nothing else quite like it in the Solar System. Right now, it's hard to ...

March has provided astronomy fans across the globe with plenty to appreciate and there is still a lot to keep an eye out for. Cosmic events including a partial lunar eclipse and dazzling planets ...