There's a planet out there in the universe that has rings of matter surrounding it so large, they eclipse its nearby sun. This is J1407b, near the star J1407. The image you see here comes from Ron ...

J1407B, a "Super Saturn," has a ring system 200 times larger than Saturn's. Ron Miller Imagine if Saturn had rings that stretched for tens of millions of miles through the solar system. The rings ...

More than 400 light years from Earth, a mysterious world with an enormous ring system is making Saturn look tiny. Far larger than Jupiter, its huge rings extend about 200 times further than our own ...

In 2012, scientists discovered a giant exoplanet (one that orbits a star other than our sun) with a ring system so impressive it eclipses its own host star. Now, thanks to a recent eclipse where ...

An artist's rendering of J1407b passing in front of its parent star. (Credit: Ron Miller) A newly discovered planet makes Saturn’s famed ring collection look downright tiny by comparison. Astronomers ...

Saturn's ring system may be impressive but a giant exoplanet dubbed J1407b has rings so massive that they do not only dwarf those of Saturn's. They also blots out up to 95 percent of the light of its ...

New research looks at the possibility of moons outside our solar system causing gaps in the rings of planet J1407b. Moons orbiting planets outside our solar system could offer another clue about the ...

Back in 2012, astronomers in the Netherlands discovered the first large ring system outside our solar system, circling either a giant planet or brown dwarf star called J1407b. A new analysis of that ...