The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Mercury is closest to the Sun. Neptune is the farthest. Jupiter: This planet has a faint ring system composed ...

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 ...

Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...

This, actually, is weird. Of the eight planets in the Solar System, half have rings of dust and ice orbiting their equator. Mars is thought to have once had a ring. Some of the dwarf planets have ...

On its 66th flyby of the king of planets, Juno has captured spectacular views of the stormy atmosphere, processed by citizen ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Do astronomers have any estimates of when Saturn's rings will disappear? Doug Kaupa Council Bluffs, Iowa All four of the solar system's giant planets have ring systems. The rings of Jupiter ...

Lu’s work shows that HIP-41378 f has been kicked around by gravity, tilting it on its side and conveniently making the rings visible to us in a way that would make the planet appear bigger when ...

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 ...

Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

In the cosmic candy shop, there are Ring Pops (less magnificent versions of Saturn), Hot Tamales (Jupiter-like planets close to their stars and blazing hot), and even cotton candy planets (big puffy ...