Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...

This placed the ringed planet firmly in the lead. Elsewhere in the Solar System ... So for Saturn in particular, irregular moons can tell us more about the formation of its beautiful rings.

our planet passes through Saturn's ring plane. As a result, we experience a ringless view of Saturn because we are in line with the edge of its rings. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

There are no showtimes for this date. A Beautiful Planet is a breathtaking portrait of Earth from space, providing a unique perspective and increased understanding of our planet and galaxy as never ...

Moving in some high-risk pathways between Saturn and its inner rings, it successfully got closer to the planet to fulfil its ...

The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a large rock ...

Our current view of Saturn means we're looking at the gas giant's famous rings edge on, making it impossible for telescopes on Earth to see them. This phenomenon is called a "ring plane crossing ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...