Saturn’s iconic rings will seemingly vanish. Picture: Universe Today This occurs twice during Saturn’s 29-year orbit around the Sun. Unfortunately, on March 24, the date of this alignment ...
Get your binoculars out! On Saturday (Jan. 4), skywatchers in the U.K. and most of Western and Central Europe will be able to see Saturn vanish behind the crescent moon — an event known as a ...
Why it's so special: This picture was taken by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe ... the probe was approximately 3 miles (5 km) above Saturn's largest moon. The probe's descent from ...