Whilst Saturn is spectacular to view with the naked eye alone, a 6-inch telescope will help resolve the gas giant's iconic ...

5 fast facts about Saturn Saturn is the farthest planet from Earth that is still visible with the naked eye in the night sky. The name "Saturn" comes from the Roman god of wealth and agriculture.

How does Saturn rank in number of moons? Counting Saturn's new moons, there are 289 moons among the eight planets in the solar system and Pluto, which has five.

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system. We explore this gas giant in more detail here.

Saturn's rings are long thought to be up to 400 million years old but new data finds they could be around 4.5 billion years old.

Megastorms that rage across Saturn and last for centuries, shaking up the gas giant's deep atmosphere and driving ammonia rains that enrich lower layers.

5 fast facts about Saturn Saturn is the farthest planet from Earth that is still visible with the naked eye in the night sky. The name "Saturn" comes from the Roman god of wealth and agriculture.

Gargantuan storms on Saturn can wrap around the entire planet and be seen for months. New research suggests their impacts persist hundreds of years longer than experts thought.

On Feb. 28, 2025, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will converge for a "great alignment" — or planetary parade — in the sky.

All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.

The discovery of 64 new moons orbiting Saturn means it once again overtakes Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons ...