Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

This is when Saturn is at just the right angle so we’re looking at the rings exactly side-on (that is, when we can only see the edge of the rings). Titan was discovered during a ring-plane ...

As Saturn approaches its spring and fall positions, however, these remarkably thin rings “close down” and become quite difficult to see from Earth. When turned completely edge-on to us, they leave ...

The largest, Titan, is bigger than the planet Mercury ... apps may help you with your planning. How many of Saturn's moons can I see through my telescope? Love the Night Sky, accessed Oct ...

With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for all.

Saturn's iconic rings will appear to disappear in March 2025 due to a rare ring-plane crossing event, but astronomers assure they will return by November 2025, offering another breathtaking display of ...

The giant moon Titan in front of Saturn's edge-on rings, seen by the Cassini spacecraft in 2012. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Each of the 128 new moons are between 2 and 4 ...

Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known moons, with the new sightings. Uranus (28), and Neptune (16) are still ...

The arcs near the center are the orbits of Titan and Iapetus, two of Saturn's large outer moons. For scale, the white circle under the scale bar is the orbit of the moon around the Earth.

Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.