During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.

Saturn's rings will appear to have disappeared if you catch a glimpse of the planet through the eyepiece of a telescope on ...

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 with ...

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible.

Saturn’s rings are not the permanent fixture they appear to be through a backyard telescope. Planetary scientists now agree ...

Sky-watchers are in for a rare celestial illusion this weekend as Saturn tilts in such a way that its iconic rings nearly ...

Saturn stunned skywatchers on 23 November when its iconic rings seemed to vanish, leaving the planet looking strangely bare. Astronomers confirmed not ...

Saturn’s rings appeared to disappear on November 23 due to a rare optical illusion. The phenomenon, which occurs every 13 to 15 years, happens when the rings line up perfectly edge-on with our planet.

This weekend, stargazers will have a rare opportunity to see Saturn in a way few have before: with its iconic rings almost ...

Skywatchers in India and across the globe are set for a rare celestial event as Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly vanish ...

Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, but nearly as old as the giant planet itself at billions of years in age, a new study says. Scientists had thought one way ...

New research has cast doubt on the long-held belief that Saturn's rings are relatively young, suggesting instead that they could date back 4.5 billion years to when the planet formed. The study, led ...