Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their ...
Gas giants are massive worlds made mostly of hydrogen and helium. They lack solid surfaces, and in our solar system, Jupiter ...
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest that even extremely massive gas giants — once thought ...
Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...
Scientists have recently focused their telescopes on a mysterious planet drifting through space, a discovery that has captured the imagination of astronomers worldwide. This Jupiter-like wanderer, ...
A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments ...
For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are ...
Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...
Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the "planet parade" we've been waiting for?
Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe the first asteroid belt seen outside of our solar system and unveiled some cosmic surprises along the way. The space observatory focused on ...