Figuring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...

An optical illusion during Saturn's equinox is to blame for the rings disappearing from view briefly. The next time this is set to happen is May 6, 2025.

Saturn’s rings are slowly disappearing. The rings will vanish in a few hundred million years as icy material from them rains down on the planet, scientists predict.

Saturn’s rings photographed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 28, 2016. Cassini-Huygens / NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute. In addition to being a quirky product of geometry, ...

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009.

Saturn’s icy rings are not just aesthetically wondrous marvels. One of them also records a beautiful planetary soundtrack. The planet’s interior, concealed beneath a shroud of mostly hydrogen ...

Saturn's rings will disappear from view of ground-based telescopes in 2025. Here's why. Every 13-15 years, Saturn is angled in a way in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth ...

Saturn’s rings are slowly disappearing. The rings will vanish in a few hundred million years as icy material from them rains down on the planet, scientists predict.

Saturn’s rings will be edge on to the Earth late this month, making them effectively impossible to see, at least with backyard equipment. However, it will be hard to witness it, because Saturn ...

Saturn's spectacular rings are due to vanish from view for a breathtaking moment, only two years from now. The gas giant's huge icy rings will disappear in March 2025, but they will reappear soon ...