The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent an entirely new class of worlds.

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

Earth-size planet (HD 137010 b) found orbiting a nearby star once a year, making it a promising target for finding life.

Astronomers have detected an Earth-size planet candidate orbiting a nearby star once a year, making it a promising target for ...

A film charity has found two 1960s episodes, long believed to be lost, in the belongings of a deceased collector.

The largest of all planets in the Solar System, Jupiter is a gas giant with a mass that is twice the size of all other planets combined. You may have learned in your school science text that if it ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...

It provides a dynamic, time-resolved view of planetary transformation, a missing link between young inflated worlds and the compact sub-Neptunes that populate the galaxy.

The hot Jupiter planet WASP-76b, pictured in this artist’s concept, orbits its host star once every 1.8 days. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY 4.0 Giant Jupiter-like planets dominate the star systems ...

Astronomers have long believed that planetary systems follow a familiar blueprint. Small rocky planets stay close to their star, while large gas planets orbit much farther away. Our own solar system ...