In the sweltering heat of Homestead, Florida, where most tourists are rushing toward the Keys or the Everglades, there stands ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

Saturn’s Rings Have ‘Disappeared’ in an Optical Illusion. Here’s Why We See This Temporary Vanishing Act Every 13 to 15 years, Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the ...

The rings are not actually going away, but will be imperceptible because the super-thin band of debris will be angled edge-on toward earth. It’s a phenomenon that happens every 13 to 15 years.

Saturn’s rings photographed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 28, 2016. Cassini-Huygens / NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute ...

The plane crossing will begin at around 12:04 p.m. ET on Sunday, according to in-the-sky.org. Saturn’s rings won’t come into full view from Earth for a few months, and we may not get to see ...

The rings will appear to have completely vanished because their thin edges will be aimed at Earth. This alignment happens when Saturn’s tilt and location match up so that we no longer see the bright ...

Starting on Sunday, Saturn’s rings will seem to disappear for a few days. For the next several months, Simon said the rings will “remain very thin” to our eyes.

For now, the disappearance of Saturn's rings is just a temporary, visual phenomenon. However, the planet's rings will permanently disappear in about 100 to 300 million years from now, according to ...

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 ...

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. On March 23, an optical ...

Credit: STScI. Saturn’s rings are among the most glorious, stunning, and well-studied features in the Solar System. However, their age has been difficult to ascertain.