The ringed planet's bizarre "eye" — its north polar vortex and surrounding hexagonal jet stream — stares impassively out into space in an amazing photo by NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini probe. Though ...

BRITS will have a brilliant view of Saturn tonight – and it’ll be looking pretty unusual to boot. This week marks Saturn’s opposition, which is a premium stargazing (or rather, planet-gazing) event.

NASA astronomers using the Keck I telescope in Hawaii are learning much more about a strange, thermal "hot spot" on the tip of Saturn's south pole. In the most precise reading of ...

The Cassini spacecrafthas captured a stunningly detailed view of the "dark eye"of Saturn's vast south polar vortex, a feature so large that it couldcomfortably swallow planet Earth. The vista is a ...

The Cassini spacecraft routinely sends pretty amazing pictures back to Earth, but every now and again I see one that makes me literally gasp. So, in the are-you-freaking-kidding-me department, here’s ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is a most amazing world. This planet exhibits one of the most amazing structures in the entire solar system, a true well-developed ring system, which has been ...

Research suggests that Saturn's rings don’t end where the eye expects - specks of ring material seem to float above and below ...

It seems intuitive that an opaque material should contain more stuff than a more translucent substance. For example, muddier water has more suspended particles of dirt in it than clearer water.

One day our human descendants may be able to go sightseeing in the glorious Saturn system. Until then, we have Cassini. In the newly released video below, it almost feels as if you are peeking out of ...

Saturn’s biggest ring just broke its own record. Scientists have found that the planet’s Phoebe ring is more than twice the thickness once thought – even though it can’t be seen with the human eye.

In the most precise reading of Saturn’s temperatures ever taken from Earth, a new set of infrared images suggests a warm “polar vortex” at Saturn’s south pole – the first warm polar cap ever to be ...