The photo is composed of multiple images taken during the ... The photo shows the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn and masking the planet and its rings from Earth's view.

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Our Solar System, like a sneaky little hobbit, seems to have stuffed its pockets full of hidden oceans. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have moons astronomers think might be harboring liquid ...

The photo is composed of multiple images taken during the lunar occultation, capturing the event from beginning to end. The photo shows the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn and ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners ... alignment of Mercury and Saturn on Feb. 24. | Credit: m-gucci via Getty Images Throughout February, a striking ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... that world — transmitted its first pictures, the painted moonscape clashed ...

Why it's so special: This picture was taken by the European ... the probe was approximately 3 miles (5 km) above Saturn's largest moon. The probe's descent from its parent spacecraft, NASA's ...

Like a silvery pearl, an icy moon crosses the face of Saturn, while two of its siblings cast shadows onto the planet. This oblique view of Saturn shows what may be localized upwellings in the clouds ...