Why? Well, every 13-15 years, Saturn, the second largest planet in the solar system behind Jupiter, is angled in a way in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth – effectively ...

Blue skies on a golden planet, and two of our solar system's greatest extremes – Saturn is a planet of contrasts and surprises. This image, one of 77 photographs that appeared in Otherworlds: Visions ...

Astronomers at UC Berkeley have identified mysterious Earth-sized spots at Jupiter’s poles with rapid life cycles.

Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...