So which planets in our solar system have rings?All four giant planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — sport these spectacular structures. Plus, many other objects in the solar system, ...

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

Although the other giant planets in the Solar System have rings, too, they are nothing like Saturn's. Jupiter, Uranus, and ...

It's an evocative idea that has long bedeviled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the ...

This, actually, is weird. Of the eight planets in the Solar System, half have rings of dust and ice orbiting their equator. Mars is thought to have once had a ring. Some of the dwarf planets have ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system ...

Everest, to the spectacular rings of Saturn, discover how the effects of gravity produce the amazing variety of weird worlds in our solar system. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by ...

As far as planets go, they don't get much more iconic than Saturn: a huge golden ball encircled by gigantic rings. There's nothing else quite like it in the Solar System. Right now, it's hard to ...

As it does, the second largest planet in our solar system experiences seasons due to ... As both planets complete their solar orbit, the way Saturn's rings look from Earth slowly changes.

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

I love ring planets, I love Saturn, and it's not bad to have another ring planet in our solar system. NARRATOR: It seems Mars will one day be transformed by the asteroid belt. But the asteroid ...

None of the moons in our solar system possess rings today. But a new study indicates that such rings, if created, could remain stable for a million years, even while being gravitationally pulled by ...