By Elizabeth Devitt Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving ...

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009. Every 13 to 15 years, the planet's rings align perfectly ...

A striking new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a rare object called an Einstein ring. This shows what appears to be a ring-shaped object in the sky, but is actually created by two ...

Astronomers have discovered 128 never-before-seen moons orbiting Saturn — giving it almost twice as many moons as all the other planets in the ... outside Saturn's rings. The 128 newly ...

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an ...

Saturn, however, will be the most difficult planet to see. Furthermore, the ringed planet will set early, shortening the observation window. Two other planetary alignments will be taking place in ...

As both planets complete their solar orbit, the way Saturn's rings look from Earth slowly changes. When Saturn's equator is directly aligned with the Sun, sunlight strikes its rings edge-on ...

Saturn, the second largest planet, tilts on its axis, just like Earth. As Saturn orbits the Sun in its 29.5-year-long journey, this tilt causes the view of the rings to change. Sometimes ...

A rare celestial event will make Saturn’s rings appear to disappear this weekend as Earth crosses their plane. This optical illusion, known as a ring plane crossing, occurs twice in Saturn’s 30-year ...

The planet’s skies feature striated clouds, its North Pole is dotted with a swarm of storms, and a scalloped meteorological ring encircles the globe. Lawrence Sromovsky, Pat Fry, Heidi Hammel ...

Blue Ghost just sent back amazing photos of last night's "Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse from its perch in Mare Crisium, or ...

Skywatchers will get a cosmic treat this week with a celestial gathering of planets. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade," will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...