NASA's Voyager 1 flew past Saturn in 1980 and, along with Voyager 2, which reached the planet in 1981, snapped nearly 16,000 images of Saturn, its rings and its moons.

Saturn's rings extend up to 175,000 miles (282,000 km) from the planet. However, they are very thin: The main rings have a height of only 30 feet (10 m), on average, according to NASA.

SATURN is notably the most unique among the planets – adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets. But how many moons does the planet have? And what else should we know about this fascinatin… ...

For a very long time, Saturn was thought to be the only planet in our solar system with rings. The rings around Saturn were discovered by an astronomer called Galileo Galilei nearly 400 years ago ...

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun, and it is a really fascinating place! Nobody has ever landed on Saturn before. Here are some fun facts about the planet. Saturn is about 1.4402 billion km ...

Saturn, like its gaseous giant cousin Jupiter, consists of hydrogen and helium. They make up about 96% of Saturn's atmosphere. They turn Saturn into a fluidic and gaseous composition planet, i.e ...

On Sunday night, Saturn will be closer to Earth than at any other point during the year. The American Museum of Natural History's Jackie Faherty explains how people can view this phenomenon.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT SATURN. How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth ...

Like Jupiter, Saturn is a giant gas planet and is composed of similar gases including hydrogen, helium and methane.. Other Saturn facts. If you're are a lover of astronomy - then you will love ...