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.

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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.

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 ...

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

Six planets are forming a giant arc in night skies over Kamloops and the Okanagan in a rare astronomical event, but viewers ...

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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 ...