Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Saturn is already visible in the post-sunset night sky, but ...

Gather round, folks — formative, punishing daddy planet Saturn, AKA the true lord of the rings, is going retrograde. Saturn will be retrograde from July 13th to November 27th, backspinning first in ...

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies. By Tom Metcalfe If you head into your ...

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