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

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

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

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 ...

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

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, casts its shadow across the gas giant in a series of rare shadow transits. This unique ...

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

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

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing surface over the next few months. The rare spectacle is only visible every ...

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

Every 15 years, Saturn and Earth become perfectly aligned so that the gas giant's rings face our planet head-on.

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...