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From grainy pics sent back by NASA's 1960s Mariner probes to the latest from Webb Telescope, our views of the planets have vastly improved over time.

A slew of recent articles are claiming that Saturn's rings may vanish by 2025. But what's the real story?

Space enthusiasts, get out your favorite powdered orange drink, because a new set of Chop Shop glass tumblers is bringing space history back to your kitchen cabinet (or basement bar).

The planet’s atmosphere is mixing with particles, producing a newly discovered infrared aurora.

The newly discovered, 320 mile-per-hour jet disturbs layers of the gas giant’s atmosphere.

Voyager 2s twin Voyager 1 was mankinds first spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium, in 2012, and is currently almost 15 billion miles from Earth.

NASA has received a signal from Voyager 2 after accidentally losing contact with it, paving the way for an attempt to restore full communications.

NASA's distant Voyager 2 probe has sent a "heartbeat" signal to Earth after mission control mistakenly cut contact, the US space agency said Tuesday.But on Tuesday, Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd told AFP the team enlisted the help of the Deep Space Network -- an international array of giant radio antennas, plus a few that orbit Earth -- in a last-ditch effort to re-establish contact sooner.

NASA has used the Webb telescope's special camera to capture an amazing image of Saturn in new work that could help deepen our understanding of the planet.

Recent research has found phosphorus, one of the building blocks for life, at Saturn's icy moon Enceladus.