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 ...

Indeed, Jupiter’s rings are so small that scientists did not even discover them until 1979, ... When the space probe Cassini finally got an up-close look at Saturn’s rings, ...

Astronomers investigate a potential impact on Saturn after a bright flash was caught on camera. NASA image may show first ...

The ratification means Saturn goes well ahead of Jupiter, which has a puny population of 95 known moons. ... The Register. Saturn runs rings around Jupiter. Story by Simon Sharwood ...

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 ...

Well, every 13-15 years, Saturn, the second largest planet in the solar system behind Jupiter, is angled in a way in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth – effectively ...

Though Saturn is famous for its rings, all of the other giant planets — including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune — have ring systems. But Saturn stands out for having beautiful yellow and gold ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in the geological record,” said Tomkins in a statement that accompanied the ...

Saturn's rings extend up to 175,000 miles (282,000 km) from the planet. However, they are very thin: The main rings have a height of only 30 feet (10 m), on average, according to NASA.