Saturn lines up opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky on October 4, 2026, the moment in its roughly 378-day cycle when the ringed ...

Saturn is approaching its best viewing conditions of 2026, with the famous ringed planet set to reach opposition on Oct. 4.

The planet will appear brighter and larger than at any other point this year, with its famous rings once again clearly ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 6: The Moon occults Jupiter Saturn's ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 3: Dione transits Saturn We're back at Saturn this evening with the planet as the main attraction as the ringed ...

The Harvest Moon rises Sept. 26 and will bring a chance to see Saturn and, with a telescope, its rings. Draconid meteor shower is on the way. Question about strangest being beyond our galaxy.

To study an ocean, you’d usually have to go there. Enceladus, a small icy moon of Saturn, sprays bits of its hidden ocean ...

See the Harvest Moon rise on 26 September 2026 and catch the full Moon close to the planet Saturn in the evening sky.

Enceladus is covered in ice, but that layer might hide a subsurface ocean. Researchers have long wondered if the salty body ...