It's not every day that a prominent feature of our solar system disappears, but that's precisely what will happen with Saturn. Over the weekend, Saturn's gorgeous rings will nearly vanish from sight.

After nearly seven years of space travel, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will arrive at Saturn on June 30. In a maneuver called orbit insertion, Cassini will slow itself down to enter into orbit ...

Saturn and Jupiter have been locked in a competition for the planet with the highest number of moons. But as it happens, Jupiter never really stood a chance: Saturn has just won by a huge margin. That ...

The NASA spacecraft Cassini entered Saturn's orbit on Wednesday and transmitted back to earth unprecedented images of the planet's rings. Senior correspondent Ray Suarez discusses the mission with ...

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.

Known to some in the space community as “the last battlestar,” the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft this week is on the verge of finishing its 2.2-billion-mile trip to Saturn as it prepares to get closer to ...