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Could you be the Lord of the rings (of Saturn)? Try your hand at our Saturn-themed space quiz! Prepare to journey to the ...
The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...
After combining this information with data from NASA's spacecraft-tracking Deep Space Network system, the study team was able to pinpoint the Saturn system's center of mass, or barycenter, within ...
Astronomers believe they have discovered a fast-moving comet that Saturn sent careening out of our solar system at a speed far eclipsing humanity's fastest fighter jets. Though the planetary ...
Saturn’s moon Phoebe seems to be the system’s oddball; it likely didn’t form in place, but was captured after forming much farther out in the solar system.
Saturn just recently became the planet with the most moons in our Solar System. At most recent count, it has 117 confirmed moons, leapfrogging Jupiter’s recent record high of 95 moons.
According to Sky & Telescope, the best date for viewing it is September 20. Saturn is going to be at opposition on September ...
The second largest moon in the solar system will cast its shadow over Saturn on Aug. 19. Grab your telescope and aim it at ...
AUSTIN, Texas – An enigmatic object detected five years ago in space may be a ringed alien world comparable to Saturn, the first such world discovered outside our solar system, scientists now ...
Tonight Saturn reaches opposition, when Earth passes between it and the Sun. As a consequence the planet’s disk is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth, and Saturn will look at its brightest and ...
Both of the Solar System’s giant planets will be gone from the night sky by Christmas, but before they do, they will stage one last dazzling finale in the form of the “Great Conjunction 2020 ...