A new study finds that Earth once had Saturn-like rings. The temporary structure likely consisted of debris from a broken-up asteroid.

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the Earth may have once had a system of Saturn-like rings. The rings are ...

Astronomers investigate a potential impact on Saturn after a bright flash was caught on camera. NASA image may show first ...

This study establishes a new foundation for rethinking the evolution of Saturn's rings and the formation processes of ring systems around other planets. Understanding when and how these gigantic ...

The rings of Saturn glide so tranquilly when watched through a telescope, that it is easy to forget the planet sits in a ...

Unlike rocky planets where asteroid impacts leave visible craters, gas giants like Saturn have outer layers of hydrogen and ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Look to the skies on Thursday night and you can see something unusual: the ‘Moon illusion’, which happens when our satellite ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an exoplanet no one had seen before. This marks a turning point in space ...

But the rings are likewise invisible whenever their plane passes between the earth and the sun, because their illuminated side is turned away from us.