The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a vanishing ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.

The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision ...

Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other ...

An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...