The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

There were theories, however, that Saturn’s rings were transient and could disappear within 50-to-200 million years, while ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

Full of extraordinary footage, Robert Stone's blissed-out mind-bender of a movie meditates on the possibilities of life in the universe.

When the film arrives at the Galileo images taken of Saturn and Jupiter, you may find yourself knocked back in your seat with amazement. Jupiter, with its mutating rainbow surface, looks like it ...

Saturn’s iconic rings will seem to vanish on March 23, 2025, as the planet’s tilt aligns perfectly with Earth. This ...

In fact, data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft back in 2017 revealed it's expected to actually take 100 million years ...

For centuries, Jupiter reigned as king of the moons. Initially, the Big Four, discovered by Galileo, and then as optics and astronomy advanced, more and more, smaller and smaller bodies, until Big J ...