A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in their atmospheres — a chemical clue that they formed ...

The planets orbit a star around 133 light-years away from Earth.

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...

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

The solar system’s most giant planet is slightly less of a giant than scientists once thought. Jupiter, a planet so huge it could hold 1,000 Earths, is 8 kilometers less wide at its equator and 24 ...

Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds.

Recent research suggests that Saturn's bright rings and its largest moon, Titan, may have both originated in collisions among ...

Between 7 satellite fly-bys and 2 dedicated missions, you'd think our knowledge about Jupiter would be pretty solid, but we're still learning more.

"It really shows how much we still have to learn about planets, even in our own solar system." The post There’s Something Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find appeared first on Futurism.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it ...

After 50 years of assumptions, fresh data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter, prompting scientists to rethink what they truly know about the gas giant.