Although the other giant planets in the Solar System have rings, too, they are nothing like Saturn's. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are all banded by dainty, ethereal rings that can hardly be seen ...

Of all the planets in our solar system apart from Earth, Saturn tends to steal the show with its breathtaking rings, which have fascinated people for centuries.

An illustration of three distinct, planetesimal-forming rings that could have produced the planets and other features of the solar system, according to a computational model from Rice University.

(NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) Saturn, by contrast, is practically defined by its extensive rings. It seems likely that, outside the Solar System, rings could be common, given the large number ...