Jupiter, in theory, should have big rings. It’s the largest planet in our solar system—Saturn comes in at a close second—and it stands to reason the gas giant could pull even more space ...

Jupiter, the fifth planet in our solar system and by far most massive, ... Indeed, Jupiter’s rings are so small that scientists did not even discover them until 1979, ...

"If Jupiter did have them, they'd appear even brighter to us, because the planet is so much closer than Saturn." Kane also had questions about whether Jupiter once had fantastic rings and lost them.

Jupiter's rings are thin, gauzy structures of dust that can't compete with Saturn's stunning icy rings. New research now tells us why the bigger planet doesn't have bigger rings.

Just recently on the blog I posted a series of images of Jupiter taken by JWST, some of which showed Jupiter’s faint ring. I don’t think a lot of people know that all four giant planets in our ...

A James Webb Space Telescope view of Jupiter and its moons in infrared shows that the planet's rings are much thinner than those of Saturn. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/B. Holler/J. Stansberry/STScI) ...

Not until the Galileo spacecraft, orbiting Jupiter from 1995 to 2003, did scientists figure out the rings were made of dust kicked up by meteoroids slamming into Jupiter's inner moons.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter show off their rings for various NASA spacecraft ...

Nowhere near as visible as the rings of Saturn, which are icy and bright and contain many chunks as big as houses, Jupiter's rings are made mostly of dark dust. They were discovered in 1979 by ...

All four giant planets in our solar system — Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and also Jupiter — do in fact have rings. However, both Neptune and Jupiter’s rings are so flimsy they’re difficult to ...