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

A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

and provided additional information into the chemical make-up of the young gas giants," NASA said in a statement. They used Webb's coronagraph instruments, which block the light from bright stars ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

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

Webb's results have been published in The Astrophysical Journal. NASA explains in its blog post that gas giants can form in two ways. The first is by building solid cores with heavier elements ...

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

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...

Young Gas Giant HR 8799 e (NIRCam Spectrum) / Credit: NASA Astronomers have now discovered nearly 6,000 exoplanets, many of them massive — and none of them known to be habitable. The "huge leap ...