Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system.

2. These are the changes which so greatly puzzled and annoyed Galileo. When the plane of the rings passes through the sun, an event which occurs whenever, as at present, Saturn in opposition is ...

Of all the planets in our solar system apart from Earth, Saturn tends to steal the show with its breathtaking rings, which have fascinated people for centuries.

Early in October this year, Saturn presented the strange ... Since those rings were first discovered in the tiny telescope used by Galileo nearly three hundred years ago, they have been a constant ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took many dramatic images of the rings’ shadows on Saturn.

Saturn has been playing second fiddle to Mars all year, but in June the red planet fades while the ringed planet reaches its pinnacle. Saturn’s rings are now very favorably tilted for ...

Notably, Galileo Galilei's early telescopic observations in the 1610s couldn't resolve Saturn's rings. It was only in 1655, thanks to Christiaan Huygens, that the detached rings were identified.

A ring system circling a young giant planet about 430 light years from Earth is 200 times the size of Saturn's rings, scientists have discovered. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Photo: Ron Miller ...