Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during their period of maximum tilt as seen from Earth.

Sébastien Voltmer captured an edge-on view of Saturn without its rings. This alignment occurred while Saturn was very close ...

The rings are aligned with Saturn’s equator, so most of the time they are angled to catch the Sun’s light, which also means we get a broad view of them. However, as Saturn turns with its ...

As it orbits the Sun, Saturn’s tilt shifts in relation to Earth, causing its rings to disappear from our view as our planet crosses their plane. When Saturn is tilted toward Earth, we can see ...

This means that as the planets travel around the Sun, rotating around their tilted axes, we see a slightly different view of Saturn at various points of its orbit. Sometimes we see more of the ...

Saturn is tilled 26.73 degrees from vertical as it rounds the sun — similar to Earth’s ... “I spent a good part of the night just drinking in that view.” The rare view also makes Saturn ...

The iconic rings of Saturn have disappeared but don’t worry, they haven’t gone anywhere. This week, a rare cosmic event called a "ring plane crossing" has made the planet's rings to vanish from ...