There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing ...

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.

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

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.

Now researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have added Earth to the list of planets with rings. Don’t look up, though: This planet’s ring system, if it existed, formed more ...

Plus, Saturn’s rings are icy, which makes them sparkle to create the recognizable ringed planet we know and love. HIP 41378 f, on the other hand, ...

The best view of the ringed planet occurs when it enters opposition — in other words, when the Earth is directly between Saturn and the sun. This year, that's overnight between Sept. 7 and Sept. 8.

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an ...

A Rogue Planet with Backwards Rings? Liu simulated how a giant planet and its ring system might form and evolve around a star like V1400 Centauri, which is about the mass of our Sun but a few ...

Astronomers say this small gas giant fits perfectly in a gap in its star’s disk, confirming how young planets shape their ...

For the first time ever, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged an exoplanet. I know what you’re thinking: “JWST ...

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.