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 ...

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

October skywatchers can see Saturn at opposition, catch meteors from Halley’s Comet during the Orionid peak, and watch the Moon sweep past the famous Pleiades star cluster. Moonlight may obscure some ...

The Moon passes 4° north of Saturn at 11 P.M. EST. The pair is visible all evening, sinking toward the western horizon later on. Earlier in the evening, around 7 P.M. local time, the two worlds stand ...

The planet looks like a moderately bright, creamy-white object and is easily visible to the naked eye ...

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Saturn is already visible in the post-sunset night sky, but ...

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).

Don’t miss seeing Saturn and its rings on September 21 — a view that won’t be visible again until 2040. Stargazers, mark your calendars! On Sunday, September 21, Saturn will have its brightest display ...

What are the chances of finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Frank Postberg, a professor of planetary science ...