Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time ...

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly vanish from view due to a rare celestial event known as a "ring plane crossing." During ...

Saturn reaches opposition for 2015 on May 23rd at 1:00 Universal Time (UT), which equates to 9:00 PM EDT the evening prior on May 22 at nearly 9 astronomical units (AU) distant.

ABSTRACT On 2005 January 14, the Saturn system was observed at true opposition with the planetary camera of the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the ...