In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

ESA is now targeting a mission to study enigmatic Enceladus as part of its Voyage 2050, the agency's long-term plan for space ...

Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) — the most detailed yet of the planet's upper atmosphere — ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: Space.com | Science: Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC) / Animation: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) ...

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

A strange cosmic object nicknamed “The Accident” has given scientists their first glimpse of a rare silicon-based molecule ...

Something strange is stirring in Saturn’s skies. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something entirely new in Saturn’s atmosphere: a string of dark, bead-like features high ...

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

New JWST observations of Saturn reveal bizarre bead-like auroras and a lopsided star-shaped pattern in the atmosphere.

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers observed auroras warming the rogue planet’s upper atmosphere.