New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...
It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...
When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...
The study found unusually high levels of meteorite debris in sedimentary rock layers from this time, further supporting the idea of an Earth ring system ... Beneath’: Is Saturn’s moon Titan ...
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
Neptune is the farthest. Other than Saturn, the planets that have rings are: Jupiter: This planet has a faint ring system composed mainly of dust particles and small rocks. Its rings are less ...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that the country's first astronaut launch under the Gaganyaan mission ...
Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...
The growing trend of astrotourism continues to draw new travellers to the wonders of the night sky in places where light ...
As the second-largest state, Texas covers an extraordinary amount of the geographical area in the U.S., able to fit 15 of the smallest states together in its boundaries. Because of the size of ...
Light trails, epic TV shows and warming mugs of hot chocolate by the fire – there are plenty of things to be cheerful about ...
Much of it depends on how close it gets to the sun and what it’s made of, such as rock or ice ... objects over the seasons, such as Saturn, whose rings will look their best in October, then ...