Is the future great planetary laboratory hurtling in our direction incognito, veiled in gloom and cold? That’s what ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and ...

NASA has been flying spacecraft by Jupiter since the '70s. But no spacecraft quite compares to Juno. Juno is NASA's latest Jupiter mission, and it has shown us a completely new perspective of the ...

A team of astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to capture new images of a "super-Jupiter" planet – the closest planet of its huge size that scientists have found. The planet is a ...

The Webb Space Telescope spotted a gas giant roughly the same diameter as Jupiter, but with six times the mass, orbiting a neighboring star, Epsilon Indi A. It might take this planet as long as 250 ...

In a cosmic milestone that once seemed straight out of science fiction, astronomers have captured something previously only imagined: the birth of a planet. This is not a simulation or an artist’s ...

This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Jupiter's features, moons, and the missions that have dared to get close.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope — and it has a super orbit. The planet is roughly the same diameter as Jupiter, but with ...

On the night of April 20, two of Earth’s interstellar neighbors will hang out in the evening sky — and you can admire them with your own two eyes, or better yet, a pair of binoculars. The two will ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter.

Astronomy enthusiasts, mark September 21st on your calendars. Saturn will be at its closest and brightest, visible to the ...