Jupiter’s famous clouds aren’t ammonia ice but a murky mix of chemicals, sitting lower in the atmosphere than expected. For years, astronomers believed that Jupiter’s upper clouds — responsible for it ...
The gas giant WASP 121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...
Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with ...
NASA has finally confirmed the existence of a new exoplanet that is 50 per cent larger than Jupiter and about a tenth of the ...
As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...
Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...
Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...
NASA's Juno Probe captured a cloud formation on Jupiter resembling a dolphin, seen by Brian Swift and Sean Doran. This ...
Many scientists have long thought that developing planets should resemble the swirling disk of gas and dust that births them.