A newly discovered star system is breaking records — and helping scientists unravel the mysteries of an extreme type of planet known as hot Jupiters. In a paper published Aug. 14 in the journal Nature ...

A groundbreaking study has unveiled a startling portrait of Jupiter‘s early days, revealing the gas giant was once nearly twice its current size and wielded a magnetic field about 50 times stronger ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has long intrigued scientists seeking to understand its mysterious origins. Recently, researchers uncovered groundbreaking details that shed fresh ...

The shocking findings were part of a recent study in which astronomers effectively peered back in time to discover what Jupiter was like in its early years. Jupiter is not only the largest in the ...

Understanding Jupiter's early evolution helps illuminate the broader story of how our solar system developed its distinct structure. Jupiter's gravity, often called the "architect" of our solar system ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that a cotton-candy-like Jupiter-sized planet located around 350 light-years away is shrinking and could be on the way to becoming a ...