If an aurora on Earth seems unearthly, you haven’t seen one on Saturn. Saturn’s auroras are surreal even for an alien planet. They were also connected to something of an enigma until now. After NASA’s ...

Weekend stargazers will be treated with stellar views of Saturn, the ringed jewel of the solar system, as it reaches its closest point to the Earth. On Sunday, Aug. 27, Saturn will reach opposition, ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – While skywatchers won’t be able to see Saturn’s rings without the help of a telescope, the planet, itself, will be easily spotted as a bright, steadily shining light during the ...

From our vantage point on Earth, Saturn may look like a peaceful orb with rings worthy of a carefully raked Zen garden, but NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been shadowing the gas giant long enough to ...

The ringed giant Saturn reaches opposition providing the best views of the planet all year. Opposition occurs as Earth passes between an outer planet, like the ringed gas giant Saturn. This places it ...

MIAMI VALLEY — Saturn is especially bright this week and that is thanks to the planet being “in opposition.” All planets orbit around the sun and at times in their orbit, Earth gets caught in the ...

Saturn will be located directly opposite of the Sun – at opposition – on August 26-27, 2023, as the Earth orbits between the two. From our vantage point, the Sun’s illumination will allow Saturn to ...

We tend to think of the weather as mundane, the sort of boring things you talk about when you have nothing else to say, but in the scope of the solar system, it’s one of the most interesting things ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WTAJ) — One of the most awe-inspiring ...