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.

Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.

People thinks over Saturn’s awe-inspiring system of rings that enclose the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic ...

More brilliant than anything in the night sky bar the Moon, Venus is gradually brightening as it swings towards the Earth, ...

Mysterious Neptune Dark Spot Detected from Earth for the First Time Aug ... the clearest view of this distant planet's rings in ... Saturn's Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient ...

We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

This evening, astronomy enthusiasts have an exciting opportunity to witness a beautiful phenomenon in the sky as the moon and ...

Tidal forces would have broken the asteroid into fragments, potentially creating a debris ring around Earth, much like the rings surrounding gas giants such as Saturn. Over millions of years, pieces ...