Astronomers have long struggled to find young planets hidden inside the thick clouds of gas and dust that swirl around new ...

In 2012, scientists discovered a giant exoplanet (one that orbits a star other than our sun) with a ring system so impressive it eclipses its own host star.

A giant ring around Saturn is even larger than thought, spanning an area of space nearly 7,000 times larger than Saturn itself, researchers say. "We knew it was the biggest ring, but now we find ...

In a sequel to its image of the planet Neptune’s rings in September 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a new image of the ice giant Uranus.The new view of the seventh planet ...

The planet’s equinox occurs every time the rings cross Saturn’s orbital place, which occurs every 15 years, according to NASA. The next equinox will occur May 6, 2025.

Think you've seen big rings in our own solar system? Not even close. ... whose paper is based on a new analysis of observations taken back in 2007 by the SuperWASP planet search project.

Alien planets may be forming inside a giant gas ring located surprisingly far from its young parent star, scientists say. In fact, the planet-forming region is so far from its star — about five ...

In addition to being spectacularly beautiful, Saturn’s rings act as a cosmic seismograph: They keep a record of the shifts and vibrations happening deep within the giant world. These internal ...

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...

Space and science fiction illustrator Ron Miller has created magnificent images of how Earth's skies would appear if our planet had giant rings. If Earth had rings like Saturn, the sky would look ...