Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago. As part of the research, 21 asteroid ...

I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and ...

Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

This phenomenon happens because Saturn’s rings will be aligned edge-on to our point of view. Saturn’s axis, like Earth, is tilted. For half of its year, the planet tilts towards the Sun ...

It is known to be orbited by at least four planets, and one of them is L98-59 d—a super-Earth about 58% larger than the Earth, with a mass of 2.31 Earth masses. L98-59 d orbits its host every 7. ...

Join Maru, a golden retriever, as he follows the Google Earth guy that was capturing the beautiful Jukdo Island, South Korea, on a virtual tour. On the picturesque island of Jukdo, which is just off ...

(In Middle-earth constellations can serve as omens of coming evil.) They also possess a staff that looks remarkably like the Eye of Sauron from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

the solar system's second-largest planet, is set to look quite different from 2025 for a while, as it will tilt enough that people back on Earth won't be able to see its 175,000-mile-wide rings ...

Planet Saturn will reach its closest point to Earth this year on September 8, offering a stunning view of its rings and moons. During what is known as 'opposition', the sunlight that shines on the ...

and three bronze rings — in addition to five gold coins that were around 400 years older than the house. All five coins are of the same type: a "tremissis" — a small gold coin worth one-third ...

The phenomenon happens because the planet rotates on an axis tilted by 26.7 degrees, and the view of its rings from Earth changes with time. As the planet's axis tilts in its unique way ...