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

Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called "Trojans." But the ...

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

A new study suggests that Saturn's rings may be as old as the planet itself, challenging previous estimates about their age.

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

They turned out to be made of icy shards, pieces of moons, asteroids and comets, torn apart by Saturn’s forceful gravity. They are, to paraphrase W.G. Sebald, the detritus of vanished worlds ...

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

But some of these asteroids, either through collisions ... look through a telescope for the first time and see the rings of Saturn or the Galilean moons of Jupiter. I’ve loved astronomy and ...

There's no cause for concern – at least not yet. Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and sophisticated ...

Saturn is famous for its beautiful rings which extend out about 280,000 km from the planet, the rings have an average thickness of only 10m. The rings are thought to be bits of comets, asteroids ...

Many planets have moons, and some planets have many moons - Saturn has more than 50 ... which can be found in the asteroid belt. Asteroids are made of metals and rocky material.