On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe, Africa, western Russia ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A stunning new photo captures the moon and Saturn engaged in a cosmic game of peek-a-boo. On Jan.

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

This beautiful image shows Saturn re-emerging from behind our moon after a lunar occultation on 4 January. These occur when ...

On this date, Jan. 26, 1981, NASA Voyager 1 probe discovers Saturn’s moon, Epimetheus. Saturn would be the last planet Voyager 1 would visit before beginning its ongoing journey out of the solar ...

Get your binoculars out! On Saturday (Jan. 4), skywatchers in the U.K. and most of Western and Central Europe will be able to see Saturn vanish behind the crescent moon — an event known as a ...

A famous illustration of Saturn's moon Titan got it all wrong. Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it ...

Venus and Saturn form a slowly changing compact group in the eastern sky near sunrise August 12–13: Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, are only separated by two moon-widths in the ...

Planetary occultations involving the Moon are rare sights in the sky. This is particularly interesting when they involve Saturn, a fascinating object in the Solar System due to its spectacular rings.

Look to the southwest from an hour after sunset, and you’ll see Saturn less than a degree below a 28%-lit waxing crescent moon. Below will be bright Venus, setting due west. From Europe ...

Although the black moon itself will be invisible, it will create ideal opportunities for stargazing where planets like Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and the galaxies and nebulae will appear to shine ...