The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Jupiter, the giant of our solar system, is home to a variety of fascinating phenomena. Among these, the Great Red Spot (GRS) ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

The International Astronomical Union formally recognised all of Saturn’s moons this week. The moons are yet to get names but ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

With the new spottings, Saturn has usurped Jupiter which has 95 known moons, while Uranus (28) and Neptune (16) remain third ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.

This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar ...