A breathtaking image of Saturn has gone viral, racking up millions of views on social media. It's claimed to be the final ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Moving in some high-risk pathways between Saturn and its inner rings, it successfully got closer to the planet to fulfil its ...

Saturn is everyone’s favorite planet, it seems. Through a telescope those glorious rings make that world appear so three-dimensional that it’s not ...

Saturn's iconic rings will appear to disappear in March 2025 due to a rare ring-plane crossing event, but astronomers assure they will return by November 2025, offering another breathtaking display of ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

Are there more out there? And what exactly makes something a moon, anyway? Two moons, Enceladus and Janus, hover over Saturn's rings. This image was taken by the Cassini mission.

Cassini shot the gap and lived to tell the tale. The Saturn-exploring spacecraft managed to successfully fly through the 1,500 mile gap between Saturn and its rings and survive seemingly unscathed.

The gravitational tugs of these moons are also responsible for creating distinct gaps in the rings, such as the famous Cassini Division. The interaction between Saturn's rings and its moons not ...