As Saturn approaches its spring and fall positions, however, these remarkably thin rings “close down” and become quite difficult to see from Earth. When turned completely edge-on to us, they leave ...

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

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

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

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

As Earth and Saturn enter into a parallel vantage point, the planet’s rings would disappear from certain vantage point on ...

During this alignment, Saturn will appear as a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes, with only the most powerful instruments capable of detecting a faint line where the rings are positioned.

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 ...

Space telescopes such as Hubble can still see Saturn's rings during a ring plane crossing — but only as a thin line across the planet. For backyard stargazers, the rings have been shrinking from ...

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 ...