An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Photoshop CS5 tutorial showing how to create a gaseous planet like Jupiter floating in deep space.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

The fastest planetary winds ever found are tearing across a distant gas giant.

If you were to perfectly follow the steps in An Idiot's Guide to Making a Solar System, you should eventually find yourself ...

A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the ...

A planet-sized visitor possibly visited the solar system billions of years ago and permanently changed the cosmic neighbourhood by warping the orbital path of four outer planets of the system, a ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, these planets were thought to accrete or eject any ...

A new study suggests that a planet-sized object may have passed through the solar system billions of years ago.

No Man’s Sky has had yet another major update, this one bringing new content, revised graphics and a more reactive world ...