Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has again captured stunning images of Jupiter and its moon Io, providing more insights into the solar ...

Research indicates an interstellar object might have altered the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune billions of years ago ...

Hot Jupiters are believed to orbit alone close to their star, accreting any other planets. This observation was more convincing because there was a theory supporting it. The theory states that when ...

which share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun, in 2025. One key event for Lucy is its flyby of the inner main-belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, scheduled for April 20, 2025. This flyby will provide ...

The class of planets known as “hot Jupiters” puzzled astronomers on first discovery, but rapidly led to an explanation that ...

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

Scientists suggest an interstellar visitor may have altered planetary orbits in our Solar System, reshaping trajectories of ...

Smaller gas giants are less likely to survive in such systems, surrounded by clashing planetary titans. With their lower ...

Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, these planets were thought to accrete or eject any other planets present.