The gas giant will shine at its peak brilliance on Jan. 10, offering spectacular viewing opportunities all month long.
Scientists studying Jupiter and Saturn’s polar storms suggest their dramatic differences arise from deep interior properties. Simulations show that “harder” or “softer” gas layers beneath the storms ...
In this wide-angle view you can see that winter's brightest stars connect into an enormous asterism called the Winter Hexagon ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- A hot Jupiter - a type of celestial object unknown only fifteen years ago - is a Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting so close to its host star that its atmospheric temperature is thought ...
"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets." ...
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new, warm Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star. The newfound alien world, ...