Ever since the invention of the telescope, humans have looked to the planet Saturn in awe of its magnificent system of rings. Passing probes later discovered rings around the other gas giants ...
Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...
Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...
The giant planet J1407b has been a weird space mystery since its discovery in 2010. But a new study revealed something about the planet that may help explain at least part of its weirdness: a ...
A recent study claims that Earth may have once had a ring system. This theory sheds light on the presence of an unusual density of impact craters around the equator dating back to the ...
Its mass is 93 times that of the earth, and Jupiter alone ... Finally, when the rings are invisible and the planet near conjunction, it appears like a star of the magnitude 1%.
One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...
The Amazon founder and chair launched his Bezos Earth Fund in 2020, committing $10 billion to funding action on climate ...
Montanans have been dazzled in recent months by colorful displays of the aurora, or northern lights, which occur when plasma ...
Now researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have added Earth to the list of planets with rings. Don’t look up, though: This planet’s ring system, if it existed, formed more ...