A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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