The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this image of Saturn on ...

Saturn's famous rings are about to disappear. No, not literally – that isn't projected to happen for hundreds of millions of years. But for astronomers and stargazers using ground-based telescopes, ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took this natural-color portrait on July 19, 2013, which is the first image to show Saturn, its moons and rings, plus Earth, Venus and Mars, all together. Saturn’s rings will ...

Saturn's many rings are disappearing, and in 2025, the rings won't be visible from Earth, at least temporarily. Saturn's ring system extends up to 175,000 miles from the surface of the planet making ...

Want to hear a real mind-bender? The rings of Saturn are super young. That is, by cosmic standards. While our solar system as ...

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies. By Tom Metcalfe If you head into your ...

Saturn, our most relatable planet, is slowly losing its trademark rings, and why are we so goddamn sad? It’s not like the rings ever did anything expressly for us… except, like, imbue our early ...