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

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien ...

Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...

The Subaru Telescope has discovered new objects beyond the known Kuiper Belt, suggesting a more complex structure at the edge ...

The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.

And—according to a study recently published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters—during an era known as the Ordovician period, it may have once had rings. Seriously. The ...

But the ring may have exacerbated things ... The findings of this research have been published in Earth and Planetary Research Letters and can be accessed here.

Planet position forms the base that sets the mechanics of astrology in motion. The planetary position gives the degree, minutes and seconds of the Zodiac over which celestial bodies are transiting at ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed a massive disk surrounding the star Vega in unprecedented new ...

Planetary science is the study of the celestial ... This includes studying the formation and evolution of planets, the moons and rings that orbit them, and other smaller bodies such as asteroids ...