Saturn's striking rings are probably its most recognizable feature—and they're not just for show. These rings seem to have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the planet's tiniest moons.

Saturn's striking rings are probably its most recognizable feature—and they're not just for show. These rings seem to have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the planet's tiniest moons.

In a celestial feat any magician would appreciate, Saturn will make its wide but thin ring system disappear from our view Aug. 11. Saturn's rings, loaded with ice and mud, boulders and tiny moons ...

Trapped between two gravitational forces—one tugging it toward Saturn, and the other drawing it away—the object broke into shards. Over time, the pieces flattened out into a delicate disk.

Space Saturn’s rings may be far older than we thought. The age of the rings that encircle Saturn is under dispute thanks to calculations that show they could have been formed billions – rather ...

Saturn's rings, loaded with ice and mud, boulders and tiny moons, is 170,000 miles wide. But the shimmering setup is only about 30 feet thick. The rings harbor 35 trillion-trillion tons of ice ...

With its extensive system of rings, Saturn is among the most beautiful planets in the Solar System. Sadly, it’s beauty may be fleeting, according to new research. Saturn’s rings are dissolving ...

The evening show through the late spring and early summer weeks has Saturn at center stage. Find the ringed planet high in the south at zero magnitude (bright). By the middle of June, it has ...

Several of Saturn’s smaller moons reside within and carve out gaps in the rings, and Cassini has shown them to have bulges around their middles. The moon Pan was responsible for clearing the A ...

An optical illusion during Saturn's equinox is to blame for the rings disappearing from view briefly. The next time this is set to happen is May 6, 2025.

Saturn's rings, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, are mesmerizing against a dark sky. NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley ...

Here's what to know about when and why Saturn's rings regularly disappear from our view, and when we'll see them again. Uranus: Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus.