Roughly every 15 years, Earth passes through the plane of Saturn's rings, causing them to nearly disappear from view - not to ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...

Saturn surrounded by its rings appeared to ... This apparent motion of the planet, however, is not uniform, but is affected by the periodic shifting of our point of view, the earth, so that ...

The giant planet J1407b has been a weird space mystery since its discovery in 2010. But a new study revealed something about the planet that may help explain at least part of its weirdness: a ...

“If the planet were not tilted, we would view these thin rings edge-on and barely be able to see them,” says Lu. Interestingly, planets really close to their stars couldn’t be tilted in the ...

A "ring of fire" shines over Easter Island in a spectacular new image of the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2. An annular ...

This will offer Irish stargazers a chance to view the planet and its mesmerising rings through giant telescopes. Editor of Astronomy Ireland David Moore promises a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

While it has faded from view, the night sky still has nightly displays of wonder this week. This includes multiple planets, and even the moon appearing ... of Saturn and Jupiter — such as Saturn's ...

Social media influencer Dave Portnoy broke his rule of never rating something a perfect 10 after he tried the onion rings at ...