While the idea of Earth having a ring is new, planetary rings are not uncommon in the solar system. Saturn’s rings are the ...

The rings of Saturn are among the most famous and spectacular features in the solar system. Earth may once have had something ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

one of the building blocks of the solar system, but it’s also known as a minor planet. Either way, it’s the smallest known planetary body to have rings. About 146 miles/235 km in diameter—so ...

Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists ... and Uranus earned a ...

There are eight planets in our solar system. The closest one ... while a year is about 29 Earth years. Uranus has at least 27 moons, 13 rings and spins on its side like a ball rolling along ...

When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.

Further contraction would detach a series of rings. These were ... was probably formed from the earth by solar tidal disruption, this method being abnormal in the system, and the later evolution ...

Scientists have identified one of the largest carbon-based molecules in space yet. It could help us decode the origins of ...

All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...