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 ...

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Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

This illustration shows what the planetary system may look like from one of the ... circled by a gas giant similar to Jupiter ...

"It’s a really exciting find — Barnard’s Star is our cosmic neighbor, and yet we know so little about it," Ritvik Basant, an ...

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...

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

Astrology deciphers the unique energies and influences of planets on human lives. Luminaries like the Sun and Moon shape core ...

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