Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...

A recent study claims that Earth may have once had a ring system. This theory sheds light on the presence of an unusual density of impact craters around the equator dating back to the ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...

Its mass is 93 times that of the earth, and Jupiter alone ... The series of nearly concentric rings that encircle Saturn in the equatorial plane appears like a survival of primordial conditions.

But the gas giant, mostly known for its spectacular rings ... if Saturn wants to hang with its fellow gas giants and ice giants. In fact, even smaller terrestrial planets like Earth and Mars ...

Like Saturn, the new asteroid takes about 30 years ... Trojan asteroids also exist for Uranus and Neptune and even for Earth and Mars (SN: 2/1/22). After a telescope image in Hawaii captured ...

If you would like to see the rings, however ... will disappear for a few years this month. She said: "Saturn is at a 27-degree tilt as it goes around the sun so when we look at it from the Earth we're ...

What an autumn it’s been for stargazing all around the world! Between the frequent Aurora and Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas and all ...

Of all the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, Saturn’s moon of Titan is thought to be the most like our very ... is very different from earth. Benzene, a 6-sided carbon ring, has already been ...

A new study suggests that Earth might have had a ring system around 466 million years ago, potentially formed during a period of unusually intense meteorite impacts known as the Ordovician impact spik ...

But the gas giant, mostly known for its spectacular rings, may have cheated ... That is, if Saturn wants to hang with its ...