Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Saturn is already visible in the post-sunset night sky, but it will reach its annual opposition on September 7-8, 2024.

Oct. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to six miles thick, which warms the underlying ...

A small international team of astronomers and astrophysicists has confirmed that asteroid 2019 UO 14 is a Trojan asteroid of Saturn. The team has posted a paper describing their study of the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: In 2017, NASA's Cassini probe sent us our closest view of Saturn as it dove into the planet's stormy atmosphere. And the results were stunning.

Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called Trojan asteroids, are already known for the other three giant planets.

Stephen has a science degree with a major in physics, an arts degree with majors in English Literature and History and Philosophy of Science and a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication.

However, there are a few other notable celestial sights to see — not least the possibility of a view of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, an occultation (eclipse) of Saturn and a view of the moon close ...

Midway between these two planets, shining with a sedate yellowish-white glow in the south will be Saturn. During the late-evening hours, yet a fourth bright planet will make its presence felt ...