Saturn’s bright rings are one of the most recognizable sights in the Solar System. Yet new analyses of data from NASA’s Cassini mission suggest they may be far younger than many people assume. That ...

This colorized image taken by the Cassini orbiter, shows Saturn’s A and F rings, the small moon Epimetheus and Titan, the planet’s largest moon. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute This colorized ...

University of Warwick astronomers have found a new way to estimate the masses of planets hidden inside the dusty disks surrounding young stars.

Scientists have finally figured out how two faint outer rings around Uranus formed, solving a mystery nearly 2 billion miles away that had puzzled astronomers for years. A new study examined the ...

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Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island are revealing new insight into the composition and origins of Uranus's two outer rings. Using data from the Keck Observatory ...

The story of Saturn, its rings and moons, may have started with its largest moon, Titan. A collision between an early proto-Titan and a smaller object about 400 million years ago could have set into ...