Rings surround the gas giants in our solar system, but scientists have yet to find any on similar alien planets. The precise instruments on the Kepler spacecraft could change that.

All four outer planets in our solar system sport at least a few rings, but so far, we haven't observed any such features around exoplanets. That's confusing, since these rings should be detectable ...

Just on the outskirts of our solar system exists the dwarf planet Quaoar, and recent observations of the planet found a dense ring around it, but scientists can't figure how – or why – it's ...

The Solar System is a vast and mysterious realm, filled with planets, moons, asteroids, and icy bodies waiting to be ...

Ringing in the holidays with ringed planet Uranus Date: December 19, 2023 Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun – The Ringed Planet. Curious, young sky watchers often ask, “What’s the planet with the rings?” These rings are Saturn's identity, and those very rings that ...

AUSTIN, Texas – An enigmatic object detected five years ago in space may be a ringed alien world comparable to Saturn, the first such world discovered outside our solar system, scientists now say.

A conception of the rings around the dwarf planet Quaoar in our deep solar system. Credit: ESA / CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Rings are special, dazzling rarities in our solar system .

This, of course, isn’t the first ringed planet we’ve seen, as planets in our main solar system have rings. But the fact that the material within this ring hasn’t followed our known ...