But our moon is just one of 421 moons in our solar system, and it carves out a lonely figure. Our moon orbits our planet ...

While all the ingredients are there, the moon's composition likely prevents them from coming together in any meaningful way.

Carolyn Porco was 13 years old when she experienced her first 'cosmic connection.' She was on a rooftop in the Bronx, of all the unlikely places, peering through a friend's telescope when she caught ...

This will alter our view of the planet as Earth crosses ... very thin” to our eyes. REAL ID: What is it, and why do you need one in May? “Unfortunately, Saturn will be very close to the ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

On Sunday, Cassini dove just outside Saturn's main rings as part of its latest mission, which will take it on 20 week-long orbits around the planet About two days before that dive, Cassini snapped ...

SEE ALSO: These photos of a hexagon on Saturn are totally real Thanks to a new video released ... as well as the first soft landing on an outer-planet moon," Linda Spilker, Cassini project ...

Saturn’s apparent loss of its rings is due to the planets becoming perpendicular to each other, putting the rings directly on Earth’s plane. Saturn is tilled 26.73 degrees from vertical as it ...

The billions of rocky and icy chunks swirling around Saturn will disappear from our viewpoint on Sunday, March 23 as the thin edges of the planet’s rings are aimed toward Earth, seemingly ...

Saturn is now a morning object, emerging from the glare of the rising sun. However, it is slow process and will take the better part of this month before the ringed planet is in a favorable ...