Jan 29, 2015 · An international team of astronomers have discovered that a ring system around a distant planet – called J1407b – is of enormous proportions, much larger and heavier than the ring system of...

Jan 27, 2015 · Astronomers, have discovered that the ring system that they see eclipse the very young Sun-like star J1407 is of enormous proportions, much larger and heavier than the ring system of Saturn.

Nov 9, 2022 · Saturn’s major rings stretch over a distance of 175,000 miles (282,000 kilometers), making them the largest ring system in the solar system. However, Saturn’s rings are tiny when compared to a distant exoplanet nicknamed “Super Saturn.”

Mar 29, 2024 · J1407b, has the largest ring system yet seen – around 200 times larger than Jupiter's (the largest in our solar system). Its host planet is likewise massive: we don't know whether it's a gas giant or a brown dwarf.

Jan 28, 2015 · Astronomers say they have found the first-ever ringed planet beyond our Solar System, a super-world with a girdle of halos 200 times bigger than Saturn's.

Nov 8, 2024 · J1407b, has the largest ring system yet seen – around 200 times larger than Jupiter’s (the largest in our solar system). Its host planet is likewise massive: we don’t know whether it’s a gas giant or a brown dwarf. So far, it’s been …

Jan 29, 2015 · Giant planet is the first found with a ring system like Saturn's. A team of U.S. and British astronomers has stumbled on what may be a giant planet with rings 200 times the size …

J1407b's rings are 200 times bigger than Saturn's rings. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC) J1407b is the first exoplanet with a ring system to be discovered. Its orbital period is around ten years. The rings are as large as the orbit of …

Mar 1, 2023 · Discovered way back in 2015, J1407b boasts the largest ring system we’re ever seen — around 200 times larger than Jupiter’s (the largest in our solar system).

Sep 22, 2022 · Our Solar System has several planets with rings, including Saturn and even Jupiter. But, out there in the vastness of the cosmos, remains a world that has not one or two but over 30 rings going around it covering a vast region expanding outwards. However, it's not a planet but a sun-like star.