Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.
A photo of Saturn's north pole in approximate true color. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI And it's speedy too. The hexagonal jet stream is flying around the planet's pole at about 220 miles per hour.
The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a large rock ...
Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time ...
Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known moons, with the new sightings. Uranus (28), and Neptune (16) are still ...
Four bright planets are visible together in the night sky this month in what NASA calls a "planetary parade" that is a must-see for stargazers. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will each take a star ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...