New analysis of data from Cassini shows that Saturn's rings are not smooth, but rather are grainy in texture. Scientists believe that tiny moons within the rings cause materials to cluster and ...

When it was discovered in 2009, scientists knew the newest ring around Saturn was big. Now, they can say just how large. It's the biggest in the solar system. In a study Wednesday in Nature ...

By the time we lose Saturn to the Sun’s glare in February 2025, the rings will be less than 3° from edge-on. I’ll be most interested in knowing what you see or don’t see before this time.

Posted: September 19, 2024 | Last updated: September 19, 2024 New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet.

Saturn's extensive, diffuse E ring, the outermost ring, had previously been imaged one small section at a time. The 12-hour marathon enabled scientists to see the entire structure in one view.

Scientists say the Phoebe ring is "more than 200 times as big across as Saturn itself." They used a special infrared space telescope to get the best look yet at the massive ring of black dust.

Here’s how it works. Saturn's new diffuse ring, coincident with the orbits of Saturn's moons, Janus and Epimetheus.(Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) ...

Saturn, lit from behind. The F ring is the outermost, visible in white. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Saturn's rings are not joined together in a single glorious rainbow of rock.

Saturn’s biggest ring just broke its own record. Scientists have found that the planet’s Phoebe ring is more than twice the thickness once thought – even though it can’t be seen with the ...

Saturn's F ring is chaperoned on both sides by the tiny moons Prometheus and Pandora. Numerical simulations show that this celestial ballet can result from the collision of two aggregates that ...

One of the most iconic objects in our solar system is about to disappear. On March 23, Saturn's famed icy ring system will virtually vanish from Earth's sight, providing a preview of what the ...