Saturn, Enceladus and the moon
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Skywatchers will be treated to a striking pairing of the nearly full harvest moon and Saturn on Sunday, Oct. 5.
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You might be able to see Saturn's rings tonight. Here's how
Saturn is about to make its closest approach to Earth, and that means you might be able to see its rings — if you have a telescope, that is.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists uncovered bizarre atmospheric structures on Saturn, including drifting “dark beads” in the ionosphere and an asymmetric star pattern in the stratosphere.
The full moon of October, called the Hunter's Moon, will grace our skies on Oct. 17 —and it will be a "supermoon" as well.
My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern Pottsville sky during evening twilight. It’s Saturn and you can’t miss it. It’s the brightest star-like object in
Saturn, the planet of karma, is currently transiting Pisces, offering cosmic guidelines for all zodiac signs to foster growth and introspection. This
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James Webb Space Telescope finds strange beads and patterns in Saturn’s sky
For decades, Saturn’s upper atmosphere has been one of the solar system’s great enigmas. Even the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn for over a decade, had difficulty catching clear signals from the thin layers just under the bright auroras.
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October 2025: What's in the sky this month? Mercury and Mars meet, Titan transits Saturn, and the Orionid meteor shower dazzles
October's longer nights bring two transits of Titan across Saturn, while Io and Europa tango together across Jupiter three times. Mercury and Mars make a brief evening appearance, and Venus dominates the morning sky.