Our tiny blue planet has been immortalized in breathtaking images captured from the far reaches of space. These photographs, taken by probes like Voyager 1 and Cassini, offer a humbling view of our ...

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.

Now is a great time to see Saturn, perhaps the most beautiful planet in the night sky. Saturn will be in opposition to the sun on Friday (May 22) at 10 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT on May 23). This means ...

News Saturn will be at its brightest Monday: Here’s how to see the ringed planet Published: Jul. 19, 2020, 2:39 p.m.

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.

Also, Saturn doesn't receive a lot of sunlight, and the rings don't reflect much visible light. But the cool dust -- about 80 Kelvin (minus 316 degrees Fahrenheit) -- glows with thermal radiation.

In what started as just a small dot on Saturn's northern hemisphere has now evolved into what some scientists call a one-of-a-kind storm. The dot, which transformed into a Great White Spot storm ...