Tracking the rotation speed of solid planets, like the Earth and Mars, is a relatively simple task: Just measure the time it takes for a surface feature to roll into view again. But giant gas planets ...

Something strange is stirring in Saturn’s skies. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something ...

BRITS will have a brilliant view of Saturn tonight – and it’ll be looking pretty unusual to boot. This week marks Saturn’s opposition, which is a premium stargazing (or rather, ...

Using new data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, researchers believe they have solved a longstanding mystery of solar system science: the length of a day on Saturn. It’s 10 hours, 33 minutes and 38 ...

The beads appear above a swirling hexagonal jet stream at the gas giant's north pole, and could emerge from interactions ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted mysterious structures in Saturn's atmosphere that scientists cannot easily explain ...

A new layer of mysteries hangs above Saturn's turbulent clouds. The James Webb Space Telescope has detected strange gaseous patterns, never before observed in the Solar System. This ...

The team studied infrared signals from H₃⁺, a charged form of hydrogen that helps reveal how Saturn’s atmosphere behaves.

The clear views of Saturn are because it will be making its closest pass to us here on Earth for 2025, giving us the clearest and brightest view we’ll get all year. It will be ‘in opposition’ this ...

The once-exclusive club of Solar System objects that host oceans is getting increasingly crowded. On Wednesday, Nature released a paper providing evidence that Saturn's moon Mimas has a subsurface ...

Saturn will make a particularly brilliant appearance amongst the stars this weekend, according to the Royal Observatory’s night sky highlights for September. It will appear so brightly, that the ...