For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A t ...

On a temporary scale, the rings are coming back, but in the (much) longer term they’re probably a beautiful but transient ...

Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope — the most detailed yet of the planet's upper atmosphere — reveal ...

Something strange is stirring in Saturn’s skies. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something entirely new in Saturn’s atmosphere: a string of dark, bead-like features high ...

New JWST observations of Saturn reveal bizarre bead-like auroras and a lopsided star-shaped pattern in the atmosphere.

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Never-before-seen “dark beads” and other unique structures were observed in the atmosphere above the north pole of Saturn — stumping astronomers who say the “unexplained” phenomenon has “no analog” in ...

"These features were completely unexpected and, at present, are completely unexplained," Professor Tom Stallard said.

A study of Saturn's atmospheric structure using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed complex and mysterious features unseen before on any planet. The results were presented ...

The seven most marvellous moon images by NASA include Titan, Ganymede, Io, Mimas, Europa, Phobos, and Enceladus.

A recent discovery by NASA has left scientists both bewildered and excited—a mysterious cube-shaped anomaly orbiting Saturn.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected unusual dark beads in Saturn's ionosphere and a lopsided star pattern in its ...