Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...
This phenomenon is caused by an optical illusion that occurs when the stars line up. Saturn is tilted at 26.73 degrees on its ...
Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.
Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.
Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...
The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a ...
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.
It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...