It is best then to introduce an icy moon with the density of Enceladus. It would need to get closer to our planet to be ripped apart – about 5,300 kilometers (3,300 miles) should do the trick to ...

A lunar halo, or ring around the moon, is more frequently seen than other lunar sights. Learn what causes it and when to spot one in the night sky.

However, no study so far has definitively spotted rings around any of the solar system's 300-odd moons. (A 2008 study claiming that Jupiter's moon Rhea possessed a ring turned out to be a false ...

One of Saturn's most photogenic moons gets its closeup in a new photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft. The image, released by NASA this week, was taken by the spacecraft on Oct. 23, when it was ...

While the gas giant would have swallowed much of the moon’s mass and material, a small percentage of it most likely remained, acting as the origin of Saturn’s rings. Tech. Entertainment. Science.

Experts say that rings around the moon can pop up from time to time, but have you ever seen one in Denver? On Sunday night, between 9:15 and 9:35 p.m., a lunar halo appeared above the metro area.