Saturn reaches its annual opposition on September 7-8, 2024, offering the best views of the ringed planet for amateur ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...

Even from a staggering distance of 900 million miles, Titan is a persistent beacon beside Saturn, teasing even the 4-inch ...

Saturn comes second to Jupiter in many respects—in size, age, prominence of stripes—but in terms of scientific intrigue, it ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is blanketed in an unusually thick atmosphere full of organic molecules; its surface is covered with dark dunes of organic material and seas of liquid methane and ethane.

Many regard Saturn's magnificent ring system, encircling the gas giant, as the most captivating and iconic feature in our ...

The ringed planet reaches opposition, Mars slips past the open cluster M35, and the original Cepheid variable shines in the ...

The new movie Slingshot, released Aug. 30, explores that very idea. Filled with mind-bending effects and life-threatening drama, the movie features astronauts, Saturn’s exciting moon. As always, it ...

Summer is winding down and partly cloudy skies have been making a comeback, rendering stargazing conditions uncertain lately.

By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io—the most volcanically active location in the solar system—Cornell ...

It launched second, but reached its target first. On September 5, 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft blasted off from Cape ...