Everybody loves a parade. Most people who live in chillier climes aren’t exactly rejoicing when February rolls around — but ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
Saturn's hexagon in four wavelengths. Credit: nasa "Let these images -- and those to come -- remind you that we've lived a bold and daring adventure around the solar system's most magnificent ...
Social media users were floored by the incredible image captured in the viral post, with one saying: "I honestly gasped hard.
The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...
A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.
The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision about 100 million years ago.
Saturn's iconic ring system will disappear, albeit temporarily, on March 23—a preview of its fate in 100 million years.
An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
Want to hear a real mind-bender? The rings of Saturn are super young ... angles between the planets are constantly shifting. Photo from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft showing a moon passing in ...