Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...

So which planets in our solar system have rings? All four giant planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — sport these ...

Out of these planets, Mercury and Venus do not have any moons. Every other planet has moons. Both Earth and Mars have confirmed moons with no provisional moons. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

As the most massive planet in the Solar System, and first to form, Jupiter’s gravity shaped the formation of everything else.

The study by Konstantin Batygin of Caltech and Fred Adams of the University of Michigan pulls off a rare feat in planetary ...

How many moons it has: At least 274 known moons, with more likely to be discovered With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from ...

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

A new study has revealed that Jupiter—our solar system’s largest planet—was once even more enormous than it is today. In fact ...

We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host life. But barring outliers like ...