An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

Astronomers have taken a major step in understanding how planets form, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). A ...

However, even some dwarf planets and asteroids have rings, but none of the roughly 300 moons in the solar system have been found to have rings. A detailed simulation to solve this mystery has ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you identify them.

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is a gas giant known for its swirling storms, iconic Great Red Spot, strong ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice and ...

This includes studying the formation and evolution of planets, the moons and rings that orbit them, and other smaller bodies such as asteroids and comets. A suborbital experiment indicates that ...

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

In general, the best time to view the planet parade will be before Feb. 21. Read more: Full Moons Explained ... magnification to see Uranus and its rings, and 150 times magnification to see ...