Even when you know that the phenomenon is temporary and recurring, the vanishing of something familiar is still disconcerting. So it is with Saturn’s rings.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet ...

A ring system circling a young giant planet about 430 light years from Earth is 200 times the size of Saturn's rings, scientists have discovered. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Photo: Ron Miller ...

Those rings, however, are going to “disappear” in 2025. Like Earth, Saturn’s axis is tilted, NASA explains. Next year, Saturn ...

If you fancy yourself an amateur astronomer, you’ll want to keep your telescope fixed on Saturn next year, as NASA recently ...

In spite of this appearance, Saturn is an active and dynamic world. Its atmosphere is a fast-moving and turbulent place with wind speeds in excess of 1,100 miles per hour (1,800 km per hour ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Saturn is already visible in the post-sunset night sky, but it will reach its annual opposition on September 7-8, 2024.