In a cosmic twist of fate, scientists have confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid previously thought to pose ...

Scientists have detected a potential exoplanet using an unusual method — tracking shifts in another planet’s orbit. The hot Jupiter TOI-2818b was found to have an unexpected timing variation, hinting ...

In fact, previous studies have claimed that even a tiny shift in Jupiter’s orbit could have bizarre effects on Earth. But what if we put an entire planet between Jupiter and Mars? According to ...

As Juno approached the planet, it fired a rocket engine to slow itself down, and gently slipped into orbit. Because of the communication time lag between Jupiter and Earth, Juno was on autopilot ...

Astronomers at California Planet Search have found a new planet that's three times the size of Jupiter in the outer ... the planet's 'highly eccentric' orbit which sling-shots itself around ...

It is likely that the four large moons were formed at the same time as Jupiter and in its immediate vicinity. For the small moons, it is assumed that they are more likely to be asteroids captured by ...

After a final 35-minute engine burst to slow it down Monday night, the NASA explorer spacecraft named Juno will attempt to enter Jupiter's polar orbit. By observing the planet, astronomers are ...