As December 6th and 7th approach, sky enthusiasts are in for a treat: Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, will ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

Earth just got an upgrade! If we made Earth 1,300 times bigger, we could make Earth the size of Jupiter. A new, super-Earth ...

A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange ...

Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...

A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft in September 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik The planet Jupiter has no solid ...

"What if Earth was the size of Jupiter? The consequences would change life as we know it. From gravity to atmosphere, ...

NASA's Europa Clipper, which launched Oct. 14 on a journey to Jupiter's moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million kilometers) from Earth. Two science instruments have deployed hardware that ...

A newly discovered baby exoplanet called IRAS 04125+2902 b is challenging our current understanding of planet formation.

Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship.

The migration of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune from closer to wider orbits around the sun occurred 60-100 million ...