Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...

This beautiful image shows Saturn re-emerging from behind our moon after a lunar occultation on 4 January. These occur when the moon passes between Earth and another object in the night sky, blocking ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...

But later – hundreds of millions of years in the future – a permanent, virtually ringless Saturn will become real, thanks to another process called ring rain in which gravity pulls the rings apart and ...

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

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 ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The ...

SATURN'S iconic rings are set to disappear in weeks, and won't come back into full view until 2032 The vanishing act is all down to an optical illusion due to Saturn's tilt, which will turn the ...

The event occurs every 13 to 16 years. The last time Saturn's rings disappeared from view was in 2009. This is because Earth's view of Saturn and its ring changes with time as the planet spins on ...

On the evenings of Jan. 17 and 18, the planets will appear virtually side by side, in what's called a “planetary conjunction.

In 2032, when Saturn reaches its maximum tilt, stargazers will be able to enjoy the best view of the iconic ringsCredit: Alamy The line will be so faint that it will be impossible to see from ...