Visible in the early-morning sky today, Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus reaches superior conjunction just 1.4′ due south of Saturn. The proximity makes the now-11th-magnitude moon easier to find, as ...

Journey 1.5 billion kilometres to Saturn's most bewildering moon: Iapetus. This world of stark contrasts features a divided ...

Over the last few years, the term "Goldilocks zone" has come to be widely used to describe the range of distances from a star ...

Over the last few years, the term "Goldilocks zone" has come to be widely used to describe the range of distances from a star ...

Over the last few years, the term “Goldilocks Zone” has become widely used to describe the range of distances from a star ...

Use a telescope to spot Iapetus about 8.5 arcminutes west of the ringed planet. At this elongation, Iapetus shows off its bright hemisphere. Titan, Saturn’s brightest moon, appears about 3 arcminutes ...

The Buck Moon, a Native American term, is called as such because "the antlers of male deer (bucks) are in full-growth mode at this time," according to the Farmer's Almanac.

Although the moon will technically be at full phase at 3:45 am EDT on Wednesday, June 11, the best time to view it is actually going to be last night—Tuesday, June 10. As the sun sets, the full ...

The next full moon, the Buck Moon, peaks at 4:37 p.m. ET on July 10. It's named the Buck Moon because male deer antlers reach full growth in July.