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While Saturn and its moons all appear faint and cloudy to JWST, Saturn's rings are the star of the show. Here's the big scientific reason.

Since the time of Galileo, Saturn's rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.

The secret ingredient is violence, and it just might indicate that "moonmoons" aren't as uncommon as most astronomers think.

The outer planets' clouds hide the weirdness within.

Can two planets stably share the same orbit? Conventional wisdom says no, but a look at Saturn's moons might tell a different story.

2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.

In the night sky for March of 2022, only stars and the Moon, not planets, will greet you. The real show, however, arrives just before dawn.

The Schumann resonances are the background hum of the entire planet. But they don't affect humans in any way.

Saturn's Iapetus, discovered way back in 1671, has three bizarre features that science still can't fully explain.

The James Webb Space Telescope viewed Neptune, our Solar System's final planet, for the first time. Here's what we saw, and what it means.

We've only seen Uranus up close once: from Voyager 2, back in 1986. The next time we do it, its features will look entirely different.

The universe's largest seismometer reveals clues about the Gas Giant's interior.

It could cut the time needed to reach Mars in half.

Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.

What kind of object will you form? What will its fate be? How long will a star live? Almost everything is determined by mass alone.

The stars, planets, and many moons are extremely round. Why don't they take other shapes?

Scientists do not know what is causing the overabundance of the gas.

There's a limit to how large planets can be, and it's only about double the radius of Jupiter. At least, so far.

Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.

How can we understand mysterious planets like Jupiter? Use giant lasers!

If there are human-sized creatures walking around on other planets, would we be able to view them directly?

All across the Universe, planets come in a wide variety of sizes, masses, compositions, and temperatures. And most have rain and snow.

Do you think you know the Solar System? Here's a fact about each planet that might surprise you when you see it!

In our Solar System, even the two brightest planets frequently align in our skies. But only rarely is it spectacularly visible from Earth.

The story of how Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were made isn't a universal one. Some gas giants were built different.

Some microbes can withstand Earth's most inhospitable corners, hinting that life may be able to survive similarly extreme conditions on other worlds.

Back in 1990, we hadn't discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would've surprised every astronomer.

The answer may lie in the particular way sand forms on Titan.

Neptune holds records in our Solar System, but the Universe gets even faster. Here on Earth, extreme weather events can cause dramatic wind speed spikes. When hurricanes are at their most […]

Google maps won’t guide you to Mars - but will your compass work in space?