A recent astronomical discovery has left the scientific community astounded. Astronomers have observed an enormous ring ...

"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

Saturn, the jewel of the solar system, has returned to the night sky. The ringed planet rises in the east just as the sun ...

Saturn is about to make its closest approach to Earth, and that means you might be able to see its rings — if you have a ...

We’ve been many months without a bright planet in the night sky, but that’s all about to change! On the night of Sunday, Sept. 21, the ringed planet ...

Though the rings appear solid from afar, they’re actually a dynamic, rotating system of icy debris. One theory suggests they ...

Saturn, the 6th planet from the sun, is one of the more visible objects in our night sky. This weekend, the ringed planet will become even more visible. Over the weekend, between the 20th and ...

Don’t miss seeing Saturn and its rings on September 21 — a view that won’t be visible again until 2040.

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from ...

Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring ...

For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the ...