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

Scientists have detected a potential exoplanet using an unusual method — tracking shifts in another planet’s orbit. The hot Jupiter TOI-2818b was found to have an unexpected timing variation, hinting ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Astronomers Spot a 'Highly Eccentric' Planet on Its Way to Becoming a Hot Jupiter July 17, 2024 — The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit ...

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

The Startup Pulsar Fusion is proposing a 2 Megawatt nuclear fusion orbital components for 2027. Pulsar has now proceeded to ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

Turns out, there’s a lot more floating around the planet Saturn than those famous rings. Space scientists announced last week they’ve discovered Saturn has 128 more moons, for a total of 274, far more ...

Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...

Many of the moons seem to orbit together in groups ... so much that it would no longer be visible. Is there life on Jupiter’s moon Europa? NASA launches mission to find hints However, the ...

Jupiter and Saturn have been locked in a battle ... it pulled a few moderately large moons into its orbit. Over the preceding millennia, those moons have collided from time to time, breaking ...