Though the rings appear solid from afar, they’re actually a dynamic, rotating system of icy debris. One theory suggests they may be remnants of a moon or comet torn apart by Saturn's immense gravity.

Astronomers have spotted a lonely world roughly the size and mass of Saturn, drifting through the Milky Way without a star to ...

Two separate research teams have observed a previously unseen microlensing event, confirming the existence of a particular ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured infant planets colliding around Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the night ...

Astronomers have identified a free-floating planet in the Milky Way. This discovery provides direct observational evidence of a low-mass, unbound planetary body.

Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

Saturn could be more visible than typical this weekend for Michigan stargazers. Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun in the solar system, will be in opposition Sunday, Sept. 21 — appearing opposite ...