These are the highest-resolution color images of any part of Saturn’s rings, to date, showing a portion of the inner-central part of the planet’s B Ring. The view is a mosaic of two images that show a ...

Saturn reached opposition on August 14, 2022, presenting an optimal viewing opportunity of its northern rings, which are currently 14° open. This is the best viewing opportunity until 2027. The rings' ...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The international Cassini spacecraft sent back a natural-color image of Saturn showing the planet's rings are shades of pink, gray and a bit of brown, scientists announced ...

Already considered a cosmic beauty, Saturn looked particularly stunning after the James Webb Space Telescope captured an infrared image of the planet and its glowing rings. The planet itself appeared ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a brand-new image of giant gas planet Saturn and its incredible ring pattern. The new image, above, was take it on September 22, 2022, but only released ...

Saturn's rings, divisible into sections like the Cassini Division and Encke Gap, are visible even with low magnification and exhibit a brightness variation due to the Seeliger effect around opposition ...

Saturn's many rings are disappearing, and in 2025, the rings won't be visible from Earth, at least temporarily. Saturn's ring system extends up to 175,000 miles from the surface of the planet making ...

Ask anyone who is interested and space and astronomy wise and there’s a good chance that they will tell you that it’s because they once looked through a telescope at Saturn’s rings. It’s a ...

During the final year of NASA’s Cassini mission before it completed a “death dive” into Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017, the spacecraft gathered as much data as possible about the planet’s rings. The ...