A new analysis of old Cassini data has also verified past detections of complex organics in Saturn’s E ring, strengthening ...

Saturn's rings vanish in November 2025 as Earth crosses ring plane. Rare astronomical event visible nationwide offers ...

Follow Cassini's dramatic entry into Saturn's atmosphere its last measurements and enduring scientific legacy. Explore how ...

Chiron, a 200 km icy centaur between Saturn and Uranus, has complex rings and a dust-ice disk, revealing how ring systems ...

This marks the first time astronomers have observed the formation of a ring system. Saturn isn't the only planet in our solar system with a ring system. While Saturn's rings are the most dramatic, the ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of its own. The rare event is unfolding in real time, giving astronomers a ...

Sky-watchers can look forward to a supermoon, the Taurids and Leonids meteor showers, and Saturn’s rare ring-plane crossing ...

The frigid conditions on the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, allow simple molecules in its atmosphere to break one of the most fundamental rules in chemistry, a new study shows. According to ...

Sky-watchers can look forward to a supermoon, the Taurids and Leonids meteor showers, and Saturn’s rare ring-plane crossing ...

Sky-watchers can look forward to a supermoon, the Taurids and Leonids meteor showers, and Saturn’s rare ring-plane crossing in November.

The faint ring, made of tiny particles, partly marks the orbit of Saturn's distant moon Phoebe, Anne Verbiscer of the University of Virginia and colleagues reported in the journal Nature. Phoebe ...