Saturn is angled in a way in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth – effectively causing them to vanish.

Planetologists speculate that Saturn's rings could come from fragments of comets, asteroids, or even from ancient moons of ...

New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a ...

If Saturn's rings are older, they are also easier to explain. The Solar System was much more chaotic billions of years ago, ...

Famously known for its extensive ring system, Saturn is one of four planets in ... from the planet based on the measurements of past rubble-pile asteroids. The asteroid would have been largely ...

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky ...

A group of Earth scientists have asked the question “Did Earth ever have a ring?” And surprisingly the evidence points to ...

Two enormous asteroids that struck Earth about 36 million years ago did not cause any long-lasting shifts to our planet's climate, according to new research. The space rocks, both estimated to be ...

Even when you know that the phenomenon is temporary and recurring, the vanishing of something familiar is still disconcerting. So it is with Saturn’s rings.

The paper divides metals on asteroids into two distinct types—those that would be worth returning to Earth and those that wouldn't. Really, the only metals judged to be worthy of returning to ...

Saturn is famous for its extensive ring system ... Deposits from that era show high levels of L-type chondrite, a common material in asteroids. A separate study cited by the researchers evaluated ...