Image of Saturn and its Great White Spot storm taken by the Cassini probe on February 25, 2011. Researchers found that the effects of Saturn's storms may ripple for hundreds of years.

Cassini spacecraft data has been used to create the infrared views of Saturn's moon Enceladus. "Reddish areas indicate fresh ...

The Full Sturgeon Moon will occur on Aug. 9, at 3:55 a.m. EDT (0755 UTC), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. The moon will make a close pass to Saturn and Neptune just three days later on Aug.

On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei became the first to observe rings around the planet Saturn. Shortly after the telescope was invented in 1608, Galileo peered out into the solar ...

Saturn, too tiny to make out, lies at the center of a swarm of 274 moons shown her at their correct relative distances from the planet. The blue and red arcs represent the moons' orbits.

If you have a telescope, you might want to consider setting your alarm on Friday (May 31) for around 4 a.m. local daylight time (3 a.m. if you live in Hawaii, Arizona or Puerto Rico which do not ...

In three months, Saturn's iconic, icy rings will appear to disappear, giving you a preview of what the planet could look like 100 million to 300 million years from now. On March 23, an optical ...