It doesn't happen often that Mercury ranks as the planetary highlight of the evening sky, but July is an exception. The solar system's smallest major planet reaches greatest elongation July 4, when it ...

Sébastien Voltmer captured an edge-on view of Saturn without its rings. This alignment occurred while Saturn was very close to the sun.

Saturn is everyone’s favorite planet, it seems. Through a telescope those glorious rings make that world appear so three-dimensional that it’s not ...

Where did Saturn's rings come from? Astronomers have been fascinated by Saturn's magnificent rings since Galileo peered through his telescope in 1610 and spotted bulges either side of the planet.

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 ...

Space & Spaceflight Saturn’s Famous Rings Will Disappear From View This Weekend Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009.

Saturn’s rings, a celestial wonder admired for centuries, are set to vanish from sight next week. This phenomenon, known as a "ring plane crossing," will occur on March 23, 2025.

In three months, Saturn's iconic, icy rings will appear to disappear, giving you a preview of what the planet could look like 100 million to 300 million years from now.

A combination of thin rings, Saturn’s tilt, and Earth’s own orbital movements will make the rings disappear from our perspective. Saturn’s rings will be nearly edge on for the whole year, but we will ...

The rings of Saturn could be much older than previously thought and may have formed around the same time as the planet, according to a modelling study. But not all astronomers are convinced, and a ...