How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

Now is a great time to see Saturn, perhaps the most beautiful planet in the night sky. Saturn will be in opposition to the sun on Friday at 10 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT on May 23). This means that the ringed ...

The rings of Saturn are normally thought to be flat, but measurements by the Cassini spacecraft show that some of their ...

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Every few decades, Saturn is enveloped in giant thunderstorms that produce intense lighting and cloud formations. Dubbed great white spots, these storms are active at the center and have long tails ...

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On Sunday night, Saturn will be closer to Earth than at any other point during the year. The American Museum of Natural History's Jackie Faherty explains how people can view this phenomenon. If you've ...

Saturn now has 82 moons while Jupiter has 79. Each of the newly discovered moons is about three miles in diameter. Seventeen of them orbit the planet backwards. Forget Jupiter. Saturn is now the solar ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun – The Ringed Planet. Curious, young sky watchers often ask, “What’s the planet with the rings?” These rings are Saturn's identity, and those very rings that ...