Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm Jupiter ...

It is approaching the maximum size to be classified ... to form a planet similar to Jupiter.” The star AB Aurigae is about 2.4 times more massive than our sun and almost 60 times brighter.

A new study has revealed the structure of extreme winds on WASP-121b, a gas giant located 1,300 light-years away. This exoplanet is almost twice the size of Jupiter and orbits its star at a blistering ...

about 6% of the distance between Earth and the sun. This means TOI-1408 b completes an orbit in just 4.4 Earth days. This size and proximity to its star classifies TOI-1408 b as a "hot Jupiter ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...

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

In the solar system, these planets are closer to the sun and are therefore ... Jovian planets include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These planets have larger sizes and masses.

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

During the late nineteenth century, the spot was three times the size of Earth, but has since become smaller ... Electrically-charged particles, some from the Sun and others from Jupiter's moons, are ...