Dive into the birth of the Solar System and discover how a chaotic cloud of gas and dust, collisions, and gravity created a ...

At 3.3 billion light-years across, the ring may challenge the “cosmological principle” that the universe looks uniform at sufficiently large scales.

Jupiter and Saturn host some of the strangest weather in the Solar System, and nowhere is that more obvious than at their ...

Planetary rings explained: composition, formation theories, and a comparison of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune’s rings.

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...

Since this past September, Saturn’s been the best planet to enjoy through even a small telescope, even though its ring system ...

For more than a decade, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft traced Saturn’s rings and moons, returning some of the most detailed planetary data ever collected. Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, drew special focus.

With the gas giants now close to their best, here are the best refractors, Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter. When you ...

Saturn's rings will appear to have disappeared if you catch a glimpse of the planet through the eyepiece of a telescope on the night of Nov. 23 — but don't worry, you'll be witnessing an illusion!

If you head into your backyard this weekend and set up your telescope, the giant planet Saturn will be there for you to see. “Saturn is a spectacular object to look at,” said Damian Peach, an English ...