Saturn's rings will appear to have disappeared if you catch a glimpse of the planet through the eyepiece of a telescope on ...

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with ...

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible.

Saturn stunned skywatchers on 23 November when its iconic rings seemed to vanish, leaving the planet looking strangely bare.

Saturn’s rings appeared to disappear on November 23 due to a rare optical illusion. The phenomenon, which occurs every 13 to 15 years, happens when the rings line up perfectly edge-on with our planet.

This weekend, stargazers will have a rare opportunity to see Saturn in a way few have before: with its iconic rings almost ...

(NEXSTAR) — The sky has already graced us with a total lunar eclipse and a rare planetary alignment, but we’ll soon have the chance to witness another peculiar celestial event: the disappearance of ...

Saturn appeared without its rings on November 23 due to a rare alignment called a ring plane crossing. During this event, Saturn’s rings turn edge-on to Earth and become nearly invisible because they ...

About 400 years ago, astronomers observing Saturn through telescopes were baffled when its rings seemed to vanish.

Saturn's rings are disappearing, and we don't know how much longer they will be around. Luckily, NASA's mighty James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb), whose powerful instruments have so far peered ...

NASA has released an image of Saturn that highlights its rings in stunning detail. The James Webb Space Telescope captured the image on June 25 using a NIRCam (near-infrared camera). That camera ...

Although the rings span more than 2,80,000 kilometres in diameter, their vertical thickness is barely tens of metres.