To test this idea, the new study looks at an exoplanet known as VHS 1256b. It has a mass of around 20 Jupiters and is one of ...

Astronomers have recently tracked a massive rogue planet, referred to as a “super-Jupiter,” that is drifting toward our solar neighborhood. This discovery has captured the attention of the scientific ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand-new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter. The growing planet, named WISPIT 2b, is estimated to be about ...

Gas giant Jupiter is so large it could swallow up over 1,300 Earths and still have some room to spare. If you want that in even more numbers, that would be a diameter at the equator of close to 90,000 ...

OBJECTS. ASTRONOMERS FROM UNM SAY THEY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANET, THE GIANT SPHERE IS ABOUT 400 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS SAY IT IS ABOUT 25% LARGER THAN JUPITER. THIS HELPS THE ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere brimming with dusty clouds and the other encircled by a disk ...

The find represents the first clear detection of a baby planet taking shape within a disc of dust and gas with multiple rings. The ground-breaking discovery was made using European Southern ...

WASHINGTON — European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, although none seem habitable. The announcement by scientists using the European Southern Observatory telescope ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star. In findings ...

Jupiter shines brilliantly in the eastern sky this December as it nears opposition early in 2026, outshining nearby stars and ...