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 ...

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 used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover that a distant "hot Jupiter" planet has two ...

A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft in September 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik The planet Jupiter has no solid ...

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 ...

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

A planet 100 light-years away that resembles a young Jupiter has been discovered by an international team of astronomers that includes six UCLA scientists. The discovery is reported Aug. 13 in the ...

Keep a close look at the sky and you may what looks like a 'Christmas Star' Keep a close look at the night sky in December and you may see a rare occurrence between the two biggest planets in our ...

Let’s get lucky — and let’s get to listening. At long last, Jupiter — our gas-giant planet of good fortune, abundance, games of chance and inclinations of excess — is going direct in Gemini. After a ...