One minute, you're setting up a new space station orbiting Jupiter. The next, you're plunging right into the middle of a ...
Two new moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of natural satellites orbiting the gas giant to 97. The first moons of Jupiter were discovered in 1610 CE, after Galileo ...
Surprised astronomers just discovered a world that blurs the line between planet and stellar remnant, hiding in a system ...
Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed — a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form. The star is ...
Despite its unmemorable name, J2322-2650 is a strange system. A Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbits an energetic neutron star, which constantly bombards it with gamma rays. Now, a team of astronomers has ...
The Juno spacecraft now orbiting Jupiter has a suite of science instruments which will investigate the existence of a possible solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the ...