Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

Discover how the James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning images of gas giants in the HR 8799 system, revealing carbon ...

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.

As per the study conducted by scientists at Ohio State University, these gas giants could form in just 1 to 2 million years, ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

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

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 ...

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

Because gas giants pull in huge amounts of matter during accretion, their formation and migration through space also affects the development of rocky planets elsewhere in a protoplanetary disk.