Aside from Earth, Saturn is probably the most instantly recognizable of the planets in our solar system. It's the only planet with bold, easily visible rings — other planets, such as Uranus, have ...

Composite images of Saturn’s rings, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have revealed mysterious color variations that hint that the rings could be made of materials from the outer solar system.

Hidden by sunlight today, the New Moon and three planets parade across the sky in the constellations Libra and Scorpius. One of those planets, Saturn, just had its biggest moons mapped in rich color ...

Saturn and its rings completely fill the field of view of Cassini’s narrow angle camera in this natural color image taken on March 27, 2004. This is the last single ‘eyeful’ of Saturn and its rings ...

In this handout from NASA, the planet Saturn is seen backlit by the sun, sent Cassini spacecraft July 19, 2013 in space. NASA unvieled the image, that spans 404,880 miles (651,591 kilometers) across, ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun – The Ringed Planet. Curious, young sky watchers often ask, “What’s the planet with the rings?” These rings are Saturn's identity, and those very rings that ...

View Saturn in false color, using lights at 0.89, 0.75 and 0.73 microns (infrared to deep red) and highlighting variations in the planet's atmosphere (2014) By NASA; Vintage Chromogenic Print; 20.4 x ...

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...