Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...
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 ...
Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.
Click here for more This is a good opportunity to get a feeling for just how fast the Moon is moving through night ...
On Nov. 4, the Sun trine Saturn retrograde invites each sign to set goals and take empowered steps toward transformation, ...
New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.
You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.
That means astronomers will have to get to work, hunting for more asteroids that share an orbit with the sixth planet from the sun. That is, if Saturn wants to hang with its fellow gas giants and ...
One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an equilateral triangle with the Aquarius Water Jar and the Pisces ...