As per the study conducted by scientists at Ohio State University, these gas giants could form in just 1 to 2 million years, ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

Both 887 Alinda and 2024 YR4 orbit the sun three times for every time the massive planet Jupiter goes around once. Since ...

While Jupiter takes roughly 12 years to orbit the Sun, asteroids like YR4 only take four, putting it in a 3:1 resonance. The upshot, in an "Armageddon" context, is that resonant asteroids close ...

A new study challenges traditional models of how planets form. A new analysis of existing data suggests that exoplanets with masses comparable to Jupiter may have formed significantly earlier than ...

Many protoplanetary disks in which new planets are formed are much smaller than thought. Using the Atacama Large ...

Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...

This fluctuating movement pattern is due to Jupiter’s gravitational pull, which alters the orbit of these asteroids over time. So while YR4 doesn’t threaten us in the foreseeable future ...

Astronomers Spot a 'Highly Eccentric' Planet on Its Way to Becoming a Hot Jupiter July 17, 2024 — The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit ...

Another planetary alignment is coming up next month, and while it won't be a large one, it'll still be enough to dazzle ...

Emily Costello, a planetary scientist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was selected by NASA as one of eight ...