In 1979, scientists found the F-ring, which until then was an entire previously unknown ring of Saturn. Thanks to the Voyager ...

Saturn's rings are long thought to be between 100 million and 400 million years old based on more than a decade of observations by NASA 's Cassini spacecraft before its demise in 2017.

Saturn’s rings are seen as viewed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which obtained the images that comprise this mosaic at a distance of approximately 450,000 miles from Saturn April 25, 2007 ...

Saturn’s rings photographed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on May 15, 2017.© Cassini-Huygens Saturn’s rings photographed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 28, 2016.© Cassini-Huygens ...

By March 2025, Saturn's famous rings — which span 43,500 to 87,000 miles, or the equivalent of 30 Earths — will no longer be visible from Earth because of the planet's tilt within its orbit.

Saturn's distinct rings, closely associated with the planet, will soon vanish from sight. Astronomers and amateur stargazers have only 18 months remaining to witness the spectacle.

Saturn ’s core resembles the slushy dregs of an iced cappuccino and its signature rings are constantly wobbling due to its sloshing heart, according to a new study based on data from NASA’s ...

NASA has released a new movie of its Cassini spacecraft as it flew between Saturn and its rings late last month. The spacecraft, which has been in orbit around the giant ringed planet since 2004 ...

New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have provided an unprecedented view of Saturn's intricate ring system. The images were taken as part of the end of Cassini's mission, which will come to a ...

NASA ‘s Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft phoned home on Thursday after surviving its first daring plunge inside the planet’s rings, the U.S. space agency said. The robotic probe, which has ...

Text: PASADENA, Calif. - The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced late Tuesday.

If Saturn shrunk down to the size of a basketball, then the thickness of the rings would be about 1/250 the thickness of a human hair, according to NASA. That's why the rings seem to disappear ...