This colourful cosmic rainbow portrays a section of Saturn’s beautiful rings, four centuries after they were discovered by Galileo Galilei. Saturn’s rings were first observed in 1610.

Saturn's surface. You may like Saturn ... (422,730 km), or eight times the radius of the planet, the rings are made up of ice and rock pieces that create a rainbow effect as they refract the light ...

You’ve never seen Saturn’s rings like this before. Captured using Cassini’s Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph detector, it shows the rings in the ultraviolet spectrum—and the result is ...

Each planet has its own unique colour scheme - creating a rainbow of colours in our solar system. And one of those planets is Saturn - here's everything you need to know about this spectacular planet.

Twenty years ago, a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a billion mile trek to Saturn. The photos the probe took revealed some astonishing things about Saturn, its rings and moons.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday, after 20 years in space. Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004, after a seven-year voyage. It was the first spacecraft to ...