A planet’s moons can also influence its ring system. For example, Jupiter has rings just like the other gas giants, but its rings are smaller and fainter than Saturn's.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter show off their rings for various NASA spacecraft ...

Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it, and scientists are baffled as to why. CNN values your feedback 1.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have discovered a ring system around the dwarf planet Haumea. Earlier this year ...

Enormous rings may have graced many of the planets in the early solar system, giving rise to the moons that circle them today, scientists say.A new computer model suggests that the natural ...

Saturn has at least 146 moons, of which 63 are named—and thousands of moonlets are hiding inside its rings. Four of our planets have rings, but Saturn's are enormous and complex, in a class of ...

What might Earth be like crowned with rings? Space and science- fiction illustrator Ron Miller created extraordinary images of how the sky might look if Earth possessed such rings.

The rings are mostly ice with a little bit of rock mixed in. Scientists have a better grasp of their dynamics than ever before, thanks to the Cassini spacecraft, which ends its mission on Friday ...

It's impossible to tell at this point, but the ring's presence certainly makes the object—planet or not—worth further observation. Nature , 2017. DOI: 10.1038/nature24051 ( About DOIs ).

Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it, and scientists are baffled as to why. CNN values your feedback 1.