Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers will this weekend be treated to the sight of ...

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible. Reading time 2 minutes Stargazers with backyard telescopes may notice ...

Enjoy a post-dinner stargazing session as the first-quarter moon, Saturn and the season's brightest stars light up the Thanksgiving night sky. The National weather outlook for Thanksgiving Day ...

On November 21, Titan will transit across Saturn's disk, an event observable from the U.S. East Coast beginning around 5 P.M. EST and concluding with Titan's full departure from the limb by ...

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies. By Tom Metcalfe If you head into your ...

On November 27, Saturn will reach a stationary point in the constellation Aquarius, visible at magnitude 0.9 and positioned 40° high in the southern sky at 8 P.M. EST, with a waxing Moon in close ...

With the gas giants now close to their best, here are the best refractors, Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter. When you ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 21: Uranus reaches opposition Titan transits the face of Saturn this evening, already crossing the disk as darkness ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 27: Ceres comes to a stop Saturn comes to a stationary point in our sky tonight at 8 P.M. EST in the constellation ...

Many skywatchers felt astonished on 23 November as Saturn looked strangely bare through evening telescopes. The giant planet appeared without its shining rings, creating confusion among people who ...

Saturn, our daddy planet of tough love and hard knocks, is finally stationing direct in Pisces. The lord of the Rings has been retrograde since July, a transit that has shifted the structure of our ...

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