When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

With its huge rings of ice and dust, Saturn is one of the Solar System's most iconic planets. It's beautiful, really. But ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Saturn is already visible in the post-sunset night sky, but it will reach its annual opposition on September 7-8, 2024.

A Dragonfly is heading to Saturn – as Nasa has been given the ... and dropped mid-air to begin its first flight to locate a landing spot. When it lands, Dragonfly will finish system checkouts ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Montage of JWST MIRI/MRS observations of Saturn in November 2022, requiring four tiles to study ... [+] Saturn’s northern ...

Unlike Earth and other rocky planets, Jupiter lacks a solid surface. It’s composed entirely of gas and liquid, making it ...

Oct. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to six miles thick, which warms the underlying ...

Boeing’s machinists are returning to work after a bruising strike. But the aerospace giant still has big long-term problems ...

Whether you believe in astrology or not, you can’t swing a pair of headphones this year without hearing a pop star talk about their Saturn return. Ariana Grande and Kacey Musgraves both dropped ...

Saturn's rings are truly the jewel of the Solar ... BERDIS: All of the sulphur that's coming from Io and landing on Europa's surface is interacting with the salts and water that's coming up ...

In addition to the Saturn 5 rocket and the Apollo command ... extensive training in all of the activities required for lunar landing.” Automatic Spacecraft. Although space officials steadfastly ...