People thinks over Saturn’s awe-inspiring system of rings that enclose the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

Are there hidden planets in our solar system? New technologies, like the powerful Rubin Observatory, brings us closer to ...

Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.

This evening, astronomy enthusiasts have an exciting opportunity to witness a beautiful phenomenon in the sky as the moon and ...

A telescope shows a 17″-wide disk now 68 percent lit. As nightfall descends, Saturn stands high in the southern sky among the faint stars of Aquarius. It shines at magnitude 0.8. It’s ...

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.