Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a ...

Saturn takes about 29.4 Earth years to complete one orbit of our home star, according to NASA. As it does, the second largest planet in our solar system experiences seasons due to the axis of ...

Not that it was a competition, but Saturn surpassed Jupiter in known moons a few years ago. Now the giant planet may never ...

The Saturn system has always been a contender in the contest for most moons in the solar system. For a while, it was duking it out with Jupiter for the title, but after a recent trio of announcements ...

Saturn has 274 moons recognized by the International ... and Douglas Currie using a ground-based telescope. Dione: Discovered on March 21, 1684, by Giovanni Cassini. Eggther: Discovered on ...

Since we can't yet build The Ark's interstellar spacecraft and go visit the Saturn system ourselves, these moons were identified using ground-based telescopes right here on Earth. The moons were ...