Astronomers at the Leiden Observatory and the University of Rochester have discovered that the ring system that they see eclipse the very young Sun-like star J1407 is of enormous proportions, much ...

The smallest rings in the solar system, belonging to the centaur Chariklo, may be perturbed by a moon that's yet to be discovered. Reading time 2 minutes A previously unknown satellite may be shaping ...

Researchers observing a background star pass behind Quaoar, a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, found that the distant object has a ring system unlike any previously found in our solar system. The team ...

Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for other ring systems, calling into ...

An international group of astronomers has found a new ring system around a dwarf planet hailing from the edge of our Solar System. This discovery challenges current theories on the formation of ring ...

Astronomers have discovered an entirely new ring system within the solar system, and it's located at such a great distance from its dwarf planet parent that it should be impossible. The ring surrounds ...

Astronomers from the University of Sheffield have found a new ring system in our Solar System The rings are around Quaoar, which is a Pluto-sized dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune Quaoar’s rings ...