A mosaic of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, created with images captured by Cassini’s spacecraft in Oct. 2008. Courtesy of NASA via NASA.gov Scientists love to scour the surfaces of planets and moons for ...

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

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Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life's building blocks have ...

My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern sky during evening twilight. It’s Saturn and you can’t miss it. It’s the brightest star-like object in that part of the ...

We’ve been many months without a bright planet in the night sky, but that’s all about to change! On the night of Sunday, Sept. 21, the ringed planet Saturn officially returns to the evening sky, and ...

At its closest and brightest, the planet Saturn can be spotted without a telescope between Sept. 20 and 21 Science Photo Library RF/Getty Grab your telescopes, ‘cause the ringed planet is putting on a ...

Stargazers are in for a celestial treat this September, with Saturn taking centerstage, a striking conjunction gracing the morning sky, and the autumnal equinox marking the change of seasons, NASA ...

Saturn will be at its brightest on September 21. NASA, ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona) While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet ...

The best night of the year to see Saturn shining over Indiana happens this week as the ringed planet makes its closest approach to Earth. You should be able to spot Saturn in the night sky with just ...

Saturn, at magnitude 0.7, is observable in the early morning hours (around 4 AM local daylight time) at approximately 45° altitude in the south, near the Circlet asterism in Pisces. Iapetus, Saturn's ...