Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you’ve never looked at Saturn and its rings through a ...

My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern sky during evening twilight. It’s Saturn and you can’t miss it. It’s the brightest star-like object in that part of the ...

The bright moon passes by Saturn on Wednesday (Sept. 7), coinciding with the moon's closest approach to Earth. Currently in a waxing gibbous phase, the moon will appear near Saturn on the evenings of ...

Saturn will enter opposition on Sept. 7 and 8, orbiting on the opposite side of Earth as the sun. Here's everything you need to know to spot Saturn at its peak size and brightness this week. When you ...

On August 1st, a First Quarter Moon occurs at 8:41 A.M. EDT, reaching apogee at 4:36 P.M. EDT at a distance of 251,134 miles (404,161 km). The constellation Corona Borealis is visible in the west ...

Two planets, one rocky world close to the sun and one gas giant, are about to appear close to each other in the night sky in a small planetary conjunction next week. Mercury and Saturn are expected to ...

On the evening ofOctober 5, 2025, the night sky will offer a captivating sight: Saturn, the ringed giant of our solar system, will appear near the nearly full moon. If you look up around 8 p.m. local ...

A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible. Reading time 2 minutes Stargazers with backyard telescopes may notice ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is the best time to look at a planet? On Sunday, Sept.