Saturn’s vanishing rings

In recent months, we’ve highlighted how Titan and its shadow have been passing across Saturn’s disc, rare events that happen around Saturn’s equinox. That’s when the planet’s apparent tilt angle makes

BEST TIME TO SEE: 6, 13, 21 and 29 October at the times shown With long, dark nights settling in and Saturn favourably positioned in the sky, now’s a great time to catch an unusual view of the ringed

Planetary physicist Dr Sheila Kanani on why now is the time to spot shooting stars and a sunlit Saturn

WORLD SPACE WEEK SPECIAL

Our Solar System is home to hundreds of moons, but how many can you observe? Some – like our own and the brighter ones around Jupiter and Saturn – are relatively easy to see with the naked eye, binocu

How our knowledge of these worlds beyond the Solar System has exploded in the last three decades