A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

Stock image of the Earth with rings. Researchers have suggested that the Earth may once have had rings just like Saturn over 400 million years ago. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS The researchers' idea ...

NASA shares breathtaking images of astronomical events, such as supermoons and eclipses, which showcase the beauty of the ...

Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...

Saturn comes second to Jupiter in many respects—in size, age, prominence of stripes—but in terms of scientific intrigue, it ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared new pictures of Earth and the Moon taken by its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or Juice spacecraft. The images feature a half-lit Earth with the tiny looking ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

The full harvest supermoon shone brightly in the night sky Tuesday evening. A partial lunar eclipse, with a “bite” taken from ...

Saturn's rings will disappear in just a few months and the reason why is pretty bizarre. The rings of Saturn - which most of ...

The ESA's Juice mission designed to scan Jupiter's moons for signs of life has used those instruments to confirm Earth is ...

The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...