Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

The gas giant’s shape and size, previously known only from data collected more than 45 years ago, have been updated at last.

Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...

Artist's rendition of the space weather around M dwarf TIC 141146667. The torus of ionized gas is sculpted by the star's magnetic field and rotation, with two pinched, dense clumps present on opposing ...

Journey beyond the asteroid belt to explore the solar system's majestic giants and mysterious outer reaches. We break down the science of Jupiter's eternal storm, Saturn's iconic rings, and the frozen ...

For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such as the ...

Astronomers have discovered a distant dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune — a frozen world so far from the Sun that it challenges everything we know about how the solar system formed. We Put a ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...