Just recently on the blog I posted a series of images of Jupiter taken by JWST, some of which showed Jupiter’s faint ring. I don’t think a lot of people know that all four giant planets in our ...

Now scholars believe they have cracked another great Jupiter mystery — namely, why it lacks the spectacular rings flaunted by its celestial neighbor, Saturn.

Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.

A new model proposes that Jupiter's hefty moons stopped rings from forming around the biggest planet in our solar system.

Figuring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...

In three months, Saturn's iconic, icy rings will appear to disappear, giving you a preview of what the planet could look like 100 million to 300 million years from now. On March 23, an optical ...

The ratification means Saturn goes well ahead of Jupiter, which has a puny population of 95 known moons.

Though Saturn's rings will be visible again from Earth after March 2025, they'll temporarily disappear from view again in November when they appear to us at their narrowest.

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter.

[Related: Saturn has a slushy core and rings that wiggle. ] Most of the newly discovered moons are located near the Mundilfari subgroup of Saturn’s moons.

Because it’s bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter’s massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the ...