Figuring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...

Planetary Rings in the Solar System. All of the gas giants in our outer solar system, including Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, have their own ring systems. These outer solar system planets ...

The ring surrounds Quaoar, which is around half the size of Pluto and located beyond Neptune.It is only the third ring to be found around a minor planet and the seventh ring system in the solar ...

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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter show off their rings for various NASA spacecraft ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

Beyond our solar system, there’s a whole selection of planets unlike anything we see around the Sun. In the cosmic candy shop, there are Ring Pops (less magnificent versions of Saturn), Hot ...

For a very long time, Saturn was thought to be the only planet in our solar system with rings. The rings around Saturn were discovered by an astronomer called Galileo Galilei nearly 400 years ago ...

Though Saturn is famous for its rings, all of the other giant planets — including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune — have ring systems. But Saturn stands out for having beautiful yellow and gold ...

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

When a young star forms, a ring of gas and dust called a protoplanetary disk forms around it. Together, the star and the disk ...