We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...

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Located around 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye. The planet's blue color comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.

Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists. The energized particles around ...

Earth’s telescopes aren’t strong enough to view Neptune’s auroras directly ... beyond the geographical boundary of the planet—a ring, perhaps. Even then, scientists disputed the ring ...

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 ...

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

The stronger your telescope, the larger and more detailed your view will be. To see the planet's rings, you'll likely need a 12-inch telescope at minimum with a magnification of around 200-300 times.