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Saturn's rings Nov. 7, 2025

Astronomy & Observing News

See Saturn's Rings at Their Thinnest

Saturn's as edgy as it'll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here's what to keep eyes on the planet this month.

Titan shadow transit September 4, 2025

Astronomy & Observing News

Last Call for a Remarkable Titan Shadow Transit

Titan joins its shadow for a "grand finale" this October.

Titan and its shadow Feb. 24, 2009

Celestial News & Events

Titan Shadow Transit Season Underway

Titan shadow transits are rare, occurring only about every 15 years. Don't miss the chance to see one this observing season.

Saturn edgewise

Celestial News & Events

See Mutual Events, Close Approaches of Saturn's Moons

As Saturn's rings narrow, now's the time for its moons to shine.

Mimas appears like the Death Star

Astronomy & Observing News

Does Saturn's "Death Star" Moon Harbor an Ocean?

New evidence, based off of NASA's Cassini measurements of Mimas's orbit, suggests the icy "Death Star" moon might have a subsurface ocean.

Astronomy & Observing News

Action-packed Sky: Saturn, Comet Nishimura, and More

September is Saturn's time to shine. We also check on Comet Nishimura — now at 5th magnitude and still brightening — and look forward to a dramatic asteroid occultation. Not to mention that Jupiter just took another hit.

Saturn moons and rings

Astronomy & Observing News

Lost Moon Could Solve Saturn’s Riddles

An icy moon torn apart in Saturn's gravitational field some 150 million years ago could explain why the planet's rings are so young and a host of other puzzles.

Iapetus transit single

Astronomy & Observing News

See a Rare Transit of Iapetus on July 17–18

It's tiny. It's challenging. But you won't get the chance to see Iapetus transit the globe of Saturn again until 2037!

Saturn 2011 Cassini

Astronomy & Observing News

Will Saturn Sprout Spots this Observing Season?

As Saturn returns to the morning sky, will this otherwise serene-looking planet experience another bout of severe weather? Keep your eyes peeled for white spots!

New model of Saturn's interior

Astronomy & Observing News

Saturn Has a Fuzzy Core, Too

New research reveals that Saturn, like Jupiter, has a “fuzzy” core that extends 60% of the way to its surface, a finding that is changing how astronomers think about giant planets.

Saturn's interior

Astronomy & Observing News

Helium Rain Inside Saturn Might Shape Its Magnetic Field

A thick inner layer of slowly falling helium blobs might help explain Saturn's almost perfectly aligned magnetic field.

Astronomy & Observing News

Jupiter and Saturn Embrace in Solstice Conjunction

Jupiter and Saturn fashion the Great Conjunction of 2020 when they pair up on December 21st, the winter solstice. That evening they'll be closest in nearly 400 years.

Jupiter and Saturn in conjunction

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Jupiter and Saturn Have Historic Dusk Encounter

Don't miss the upcoming close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21st!

Saturn's new moons

Astronomy & Observing News

Help Name Saturn’s 20 Newfound Moons

Astronomers have found 20 new moons circling Saturn — now you can help name them!

Observing

A Spoonful of Saturn to Sweeten the Night

Move over Jupiter, it's time for Saturn to shine! At opposition this week, the ringed planet is at its brightest and closest for the year.

Cassini Grand Finale

Astronomy & Observing News

Saturn Hasn’t Always Had Rings

Analyses of data from Cassini’s final days suggest the rings are a late addition and use them to solve a Saturnian mystery.

Saturn's moons

Astronomy & Observing News

Saturn's Moon Dione Has Some Weird Stripes

Long straight parallel lines on the satellite's surface could be droppings from Saturn's rings, one of the moons, or a passing comet, researchers suggest.

Cassini at Saturn

Astronomy & Observing News

Four Things We Now Know About Saturn

Cassini gave an epic final show, going where no space probe had gone before. Here are a few interesting things we learned from that finale.

Saturn's hexagon

Astronomy & Observing News

NASA's Cassini Sees Saturn's Towering Polar Hexagon

Cassini's legacy sheds more light on the strange mystery of Saturn's northern polar hexagon.

Astronomy & Observing News

See Saturn at Its Highest & Brightest This Week

Saturn arrives at opposition on June 27th, very close to the time of full Moon.