Saturn stunned skywatchers on 23 November when its iconic rings seemed to vanish, leaving the planet looking strangely bare.

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible.

Saturn’s rings appeared to disappear on November 23 due to a rare optical illusion. The phenomenon, which occurs every 13 to 15 years, happens when the rings line up perfectly edge-on with our planet.

(NEXSTAR) — Skywatchers have had a dazzling year so far, with a solar eclipse, the return of the ‘devil comet,’ and multiple chances to see the northern lights. The stunning sights will continue into ...

Saturn appeared without its rings on November 23 due to a rare alignment called a ring plane crossing. During this event, Saturn’s rings turn edge-on to Earth and become nearly invisible because they ...

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NASA released new images of Saturn's rings showing "unprecedented detail." The images were captured by the Cassini spacecraft while it made ring-grazing orbits around the planet. The orbits began on ...

The debris from this event created Saturn’s signature rings. It is possible that other gas giants like Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also had rings once ...