In November 2025, Saturn's iconic rings appeared to vanish due to a rare cosmic alignment, causing astonishment among astronomers and skywatchers worldwide.

Saturn stunned skywatchers on 23 November when its iconic rings seemed to vanish, leaving the planet looking strangely bare.

It takes light a single day to travel 16 billion miles. The Voyager 1 probe will need a little longer, just 49 years.

Saturn appeared without its rings on November 23 due to a rare alignment called a ring plane crossing. During this event, Saturn’s rings turn edge-on to Earth and become nearly invisible because they ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

Rings of rocky debris around Earth would disrupt satellites, ecosystems and even human survival before crashing down.

On 23 November, skywatchers were stunned as Saturn looked strangely bare in the night sky, a rare cosmic moment that made its ...

Saturn’s rings appeared to disappear on November 23 due to a rare optical illusion. The phenomenon, which occurs every 13 to 15 years, happens when the rings line up perfectly edge-on with our planet.

Skywatchers in India and across the globe are set for a rare celestial event as Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly vanish ...

About 400 years ago, astronomers observing Saturn through telescopes were baffled when its rings seemed to vanish.

Saturn's rings will appear to have disappeared if you catch a glimpse of the planet through the eyepiece of a telescope on ...