Chinese scientists propose 2033 Neptune orbiter mission Scientists are proposing China’s first ice giant mission, aiming to ...

A giant exoplanet has just been confirmed about 400 light-years from Earth. Named TOI-4465 b, it stands out with a mass six times greater than Jupiter's and unusual orbital characteristics.

In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds silently loop around their stars. Some drift as far as 10,000 times the ...

Helled says that Saturn and Jupiter likely formed via core accretion, but that disk instability may “explain very massive ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the ...

Saturn, the moon and Neptune will be at their closest in Earth's sky at 9:11 p.m. EDT on June 18 (0111 GMT on June 19), at which time the trio will be separated by a mere 2.58 degrees while below ...

Astronomers using ALMA have uncovered how gas and dust in planet-forming disks evolve separately an insight that reshapes our understanding of how different types of planets form. While dust lingers, ...

Saturn, the moon and Neptune will be at their closest in Earth's sky at 9:11 p.m. EDT on June 18 (0111 GMT on June 19), at which time the trio will be separated by a mere 2.58 degrees while below ...

The ice giant Neptune - too dim to spot with the naked eye - will be positioned roughly 1 degree to the upper left of Saturn and can be observed using a telescope with an aperture of 8-inches (200 ...