There's a type of exoplanet that astronomers sometimes refer to as cotton candy planets, or super-puffs. They're mysterious, because their…
A unique opportunity to study the dwarf planet Haumea has led to an intriguing discovery: Haumea is surrounded by a…
As the Cassini spacecraft moves ever closer to Saturn, new images provide some of the most-detailed views yet of the…
Planet come in a wide variety of sizes, compositions, and colors - and they can sometimes have rings. Where do…
If you try to apply simple common sense to how Saturn's rings really work you're going to be sorely mistaken:…
People have often wondered what Earth would look like if it had Saturn's rings. JPL's Kevin Gill lets them know…
Astronomers watching the repeated and drawn-out dimming of a relatively nearby Sun-like star have interpreted their observations to indicate an eclipse…
We Earthlings love to dream, conjure and extrapolate. If you pose a question such as, "What if Earth had Saturn's…
Rings are a tough phenomenon to spot. As late as 1977, astronomers thought that the only thing in the solar…
This summer, for the first time ever, the world was informed that its picture was going to be taken from…