Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

made a close approximation to the real form of the planet, but the mathematically-trained Huygens, in 1655, first described it FIG. l.-SATURN AND ITS RINGS, AS DRAWN IN 1894 BY LEO BRENNER ...

Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called Trojan asteroids, are already known for the other three giant planets.

Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and skywatchers in Florida, northwestern South America, the Caribbean and Central ...

Trojan asteroids follow roughly the same path around the sun as a nearby planet—in this case, Saturn. The first of ... has a massive gravitational pull. NASA has plans to send a probe to several ...

All month - Planet visibility report ... briefly hiding the bright star from view. When to look for Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars ...

IRISH stargazers are in for a treat tonight as a planet is set to be visible for the "first time in 15 years". Tuesday night is the perfect time to see Saturn in Irish skies. For the first time in ...

Get ready for an exciting month of celestial events, including a rare lunar occultation of the star Spica, and beautiful alignments of the Moon with bright planets. Here’s a guide to what’s ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft set a new speed record during its latest test flight on Nov. 5, marking a major milestone toward flying at supersonic speeds. SpaceX's Dragon performed an orbital ...

Everything's looking real heavy supersonic ... solar panels make Clipper the biggest craft built by NASA to investigate another planet. It will take 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter and will sneak ...