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From tentative evidence of habitable planets to the eyebrow-raising suggestion an interstellar comet might not be what it seems, the possibility of life beyond our solar system has long tantalised scientists and the public alike. But experts say ET is more likely to be found if we search in our own back yard. The prospect was revitalised on Wednesday when …

Sunday evening (Oct. 5) will bring us a fine opportunity to make a positive identification of what many consider to be the most beautiful of all telescopic objects, the ringed planet Saturn. And another celestial body will help point the way to it: the moon, which will be 24 hours from officially turning full — also this year’s Harvest Full …

The ocean hidden under the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbors complex organic molecules, a study said Wednesday, offering further evidence that the small world could have all the right ingredients to host extraterrestrial life. Just 310 miles wide and invisible to the naked eye, the white, scar-covered Enceladus is one of hundreds of moons orbiting the sixth planet …

The vast shadow of Saturn’s largest moon Titan will fall upon the upper extreme of the ringed gas giant in the early hours of Sept. 20, just one night before the planet shines at opposition in Earth’s sky. Once every 15 years, the orbital mechanics of the solar system brings the orbital path of Titan into an edge-on alignment with …

The best time to view Saturn is almost here: On Sept. 21, the ringed planet will reach opposition, meaning Earth will be positioned directly between Saturn and the sun. (In other words, it is on the opposite side of Earth as the sun.) At that moment, the sun, Earth and Saturn will form a straight line. During opposition, Saturn will …

It has baffled minds as great as Galileo’s, inspired composers and fuelled sci-fi fantasies, but while Saturn will be on show all September, is anyone watching? The ringed gas giant will be highly visible in the night sky all month, reaching its brightest on the 21st when Earth will sit directly between Saturn and the sun, a configuration known as …

An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and gas planets like them orbiting other stars? A new study using observations from NASA’s …

An almost full moon glides close to Saturn this week, forming a pleasant conjunction in an otherwise unremarkable patch of the sky. The chart shows the view looking east-southeast from London at 22:00 on 8 September 2025. The moon’s visible hemisphere is just over 98% illuminated, and at 16 days old it is just past full and so is beginning …

Corn moon, ‘out-of-this-world’ Saturn to shine in California sky. When to look up  Sacramento BeeView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Look to the eastern horizon just after sunset on Sept. 8 to see the ringed gas giant Saturn shine close to the bright disk of the waning gibbous moon. Saturn will rise less than 5 degrees to the right of the 96%-lit lunar disk as the sun sets on Sept. 8, below the stars representing the head of the great …