Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during their period of maximum tilt as seen from Earth.

Saturn gets close to the moon tonight ... Don't miss our guide to the night sky for tonight, updated daily with what you need to know for watching the skies for events like this one!

But our moon is just one of 421 moons in our solar system, and it carves out a lonely figure. Our moon orbits our planet ...

“I spent a good part of the night just drinking in that view.” The rare view also makes Saturn’s 274 moons more visible, he said. Typically, only about six are perceptible from a telescope.

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On Monday night, a truly rare astronomical event will occur: Jupiter and Saturn will align in what NASA's calling the "great conjunction." Jupiter and Saturn align in the sky once every two ...

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 ...

Jupiter: Spot Jupiter in the evening sky with a telescope, although with the sun setting later, it'll become more difficult to see. It'll be about 24 degrees above the horizon by April 30, setting ...

April marks the last time to see Jupiter at its best before its observing window closes. On Tuesday evening (April 1), Jupiter will shine at a magnitude of -2, located around 40 degrees above the west ...

No one can ever say that Cassini went quietly into its good night. At about 7:55 a.m. ET ... and the Italian Space Agency -- had burned up in Saturn's atmosphere, vaporizing in about one minute.

The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak April 21-22 A crescent moon combines with Venus and Saturn for a "smiley ... heading out and looking up at the night sky. There's a micromoon, "a ...