Saturn’s iconic rings will briefly vanish from view, a rare astronomical event caused by a quirk of planetary alignment. As ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Inset: Galileo's sketch of the triple body he saw through ... In a 1610 letter to the Duke of Tuscany, Galileo wrote, "The planet Saturn is not alone, but is composed of three, which almost ...