As seen from Earth, the north face of Saturn's rings opened up most widely (27 degrees) in 2017. Now we're past the peak of the north ring-face opening, but Saturn’s rings are still fairly inclined, and still showing us their northern face. By the year 2025, the rings will appear edge-on as seen from Earth. Image via Hubble Heritage.
In other words, Saturn's yearly opposition is today. The ringed planet is opposite the sun in our sky, rising at sunset, highest up for the night around midnight. Saturn is now brightest and best for 2019. Read more.
Don't miss this exciting story about supercomputer simulations of galaxies, showing that Einstein’s general theory of relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form. Read more.
