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, ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Recent telescope ...

So which planets in our solar system have rings? Planetary rings might look sturdy and solid from afar, but they're made of tiny bits of ice and rock orbiting the planet. "Rings are mostly made of ...

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets.

The moon and the planets and the stars and the sun would have looked pretty much the same as they do today. But Earth itself would have been a lot gaudier—decorated with a ring system similar to ...

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

Ask almost anyone which planet has rings around it, and you’ll get the answer “Saturn”, especially if they’ve ever viewed it through a telescope. But not many people know that the other gas giants in ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Lu’s work shows that HIP-41378 f has been kicked around by gravity, tilting it on its side and conveniently making the rings visible to us in a way that would make the planet appear bigger when ...

(CNN) — 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. The planet, Quaoar, is one of ...