Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

The first direct detection of a protoplanet confirms a long-held theory while presenting new possibilities for understanding ...

A star once thought empty was actually hiding a giant planet. New imaging and Gaia data exposed the surprising discovery of a massive world forming in a swirling disc of gas.

For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus was universally accepted as a planet. To this day, the ringed, blue world ...

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

Captain Planet is one of the most versatile superheroes ever created, and it all begins with five powerful magic rings.

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

Does Jupiter have rings? How about Uranus? Here's everything you need to know about which planets have rings.

Why do Uranus and other planets have rings around them? (Lesedi, 6, Soweto, South Africa) For a very long time, Saturn was thought to be the only planet in our solar system with rings.

Planets such as Saturn have beautiful rings, and some research has suggested that the ancient Earth may have had rings as well. However, even some dwarf planets and asteroids have rings, but none ...

A similar disintegration is believed to have led to the rings of Saturn, and, like those, the Earth’s ring would eventually have dissipated due to debris falling down to the planet, which explains the ...