Like Earth, Saturn’s axis is tilted, NASA explains. Next year, Saturn will transition and its tilt will shift, altering our view of the planet as Earth crosses its ring plane. T ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

NASA research shows Saturn’s rings are vanishing permanently, with icy particles raining down into the planet’s atmosphere—potentially gone within 100 to 300 million years. Micrometeoroids ...

During the next ring plane crossing, astronomers will be able to better a good look at Saturn's many moons. As far as planets go, they don't get much more iconic than Saturn: a huge golden ball ...

This allowed them to resolve multiple gaps and rings in images of five of the disks, comparable to what astronomers have observed in other systems where giant planets were forming. The most ...