Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, isn’t exactly the size and shape scientists believed it was. New measurements from the Juno spacecraft show ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

There have been questions about a mysterious ninth planet in our solar system for nearly a decade. Pluto was unseated as number nine in 2006. Now, a group of international researchers say they may ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

Solar wind sounds poetic, but it's a very real and powerful phenomenon, connecting the Sun to every part of our solar system. Unlike the wind we feel on Earth, solar wind isn't moving air; it's a ...

New measurements from the Juno probe show that the largest planet in the solar system is slightly smaller and flatter than ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...