Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

With the planet’s autumn equinox expected to start in 2025, spoke season has begun on the ringed gas giant, with spokes appearing on Saturn’s B ring in the form of small smudges that can be ...

A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, ...

Between Mercury and Saturn, the former is closer to Earth than the ringed gas giant. Mercury’s rocky surface, when facing the sun, can reach highs of 800 degrees while overnight lows could reach ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is a gas giant known for its prominent ring system, composed of ice particles, and is the second-largest planet in our solar system, after Jupiter. Saturn is ...

The researchers propose that the immense size of Bullseye indicates a transition from a collisional ring galaxy to a different, larger category known as a giant low surface brightness galaxy.