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 ...

including the elusive Zeta ring—the extremely faint and diffuse ring closest to the planet. It also imaged many of the planet's 27 known moons, even seeing some small moons within the rings.

“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 ...

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 ...

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

Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet's rings in ... Saturn's Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient, Missing Moon Sep. 15, 2022 — Scientists propose 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 same way, ...