Liu simulated how a giant planet and its ring system might form and evolve around a star like V1400 ... a massive object too big to be a mere gas planet, but not quite big enough to be a star.

Pieces of the rings range in size from tiny particles of dust to huge, mountain-size rocks. Saturn's rings extend up to 175,000 miles (282,000 km) from the planet.

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

So if the ring drove climate change (and it's a big if at this point), it may also have driven rapid evolution," Tomkins said ...

The simple answer is that Saturn’s rings do cast shadows on the planet’s surface! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took the dramatic image of the rings ...

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - In addition to providing a trove of information about the early universe, the James Webb ...

Astronomer breaks down "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet 04:06. Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as ...