Jupiter’s striking size, swirling gases, and dramatic bands in its atmosphere set it apart from every other planet. One of ...

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

A new study challenges traditional models of how planets form. A new analysis of existing data suggests that exoplanets with masses comparable to Jupiter may have formed significantly earlier than ...

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

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.

Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

(Five potential planets have also been detected around the stars of Alpha Centauri, though not all of them have been ...

The smallest disk identified, meanwhile, stretched to just 0.6 AU – closer to the star than the Earth is to the Sun.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.