Jupiter goes around its star in 180 days, which is a long time compared with most exoplanets we've discovered.

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New observations may offer fresh clues into how a giant exoplanet survived the violent death of its host star — and came to closely orbit its stellar remnants. The findings could serve as a preview of ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A Texas Tech University physicist is part of an international research team that used NASA’s planet-hunting satellite in a new way to confirm the existence of a distant ...

For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...

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Astronomers have discovered a pair of giant planets lighter than cotton candy, or "super-puffs," the size of Jupiter orbiting a star more than 1,000 light-years away. The featherweight duo are the ...

NASA’s TESS mission found two super-puff planets orbiting TOI-791, offering clues about how giant planets form and evolve over time. Crowds walk out of Trump’s State Fair speech, video appears to show ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. On Tuesday, June 9, Venus and Jupiter will come together in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers are already out shortly after sunset observing ...

Supersonic shocks in the vicinity of Jupiter suggest that transient plasma structures could govern the acceleration of particles travelling through space. Read the paper: Relativistic electron ...