One minute, you're setting up a new space station orbiting Jupiter. The next, you're plunging right into the middle of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surprised astronomers just discovered a world that blurs the line between planet and stellar remnant, hiding in a system ...

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 ...

The European Southern Observatory said the discovery as "the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

The result is thanks to the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The shimmering northern lights that ...