They’re one of the most iconic objects in the entire solar system, but on Sunday, March 23, the rings of Saturn will ...

The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision ...

Want to hear a real mind-bender? The rings of Saturn are super young. That is, by cosmic standards. While our solar system as a whole is around 4.6 billion years old, the gorgeous rings engulfing ...

Saturn’s tilt plays a role in how we see the rings. As the planet continues on its journey, our viewpoint changes over time.

In fact, data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft back in 2017 revealed it's expected to actually take 100 million years ...

If you were to pick Saturn out of a lineup you’d probably recognize it by its iconic rings. They’re the biggest, brightest rings in our solar system. Extending over 280,000 km from the planet ...

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 ...

The simple answer is that Saturn’s rings do cast shadows on the planet’s surface! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took the dramatic image of the rings ...

A debate about the age of Saturn’s resplendent rings has been raging for a few decades now, with no end in sight. A new study by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo and the Paris ...

If you were to pick Saturn out of a lineup you'd probably recognize it by its iconic rings. They're the biggest, brightest rings in our solar system. Extending over 280,000 km from the planet ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.