Saturn has at least 146 moons, of which 63 are named—and thousands of moonlets are hiding inside its rings.

In early 2025, you will get a chance to have an even more unusual view: Saturn, without its rings obscuring it. Saturn will not have its distinctive rings forever.

New NASA supercomputer simulations show that Saturn's rings may have been formed by a 'massive collision' of icy moons. Credits: NASA/Durham University/Glasgow University/Jacob Kegerreis/Luís ...

NASA image showing how Saturn's rings will appear to disappear during its equinox in 2025. NASA The last time this was visible was in September 2009, and will occur again in October 2038.

Saturn's rings might have formed 100 million years ago when one of its icy moons was ripped apart by the planet's gravity.

In early 2025, you will get a chance to have an even more unusual view: Saturn, without its rings obscuring it. Saturn will not have its distinctive rings forever.

Astronomers had long assumed that Saturn's distinctive rings formed around the same time as the planet some 4.5 billion years ago in the earliest days of our Solar System. That assumption received ...

Saturn’s rings have captivated astronomers for over four centuries. In 1610, famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei first observed the rings using a telescope, but he did not know what they were.

Saturn will enter opposition on Sept. 7 and 8, orbiting on the opposite side of Earth as the sun. Here's everything you need to know to spot Saturn at its peak size and brightness this week.

Saturn's rings are long thought to be between 100 million and 400 million years old based on more than a decade of observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before its demise in 2017.

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