New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

A new study suggests that unidentified "co-orbital asteroids" around Venus may have the capacity to impact our planet in the ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has long intrigued scientists seeking to understand its mysterious origins.

A team of international scientists recently published the discovery of nine new hot Jupiter exoplanets in The Astronomical ...

A recent study has cast a concerning spotlight on a previously underestimated celestial threat: asteroids co-orbiting Venus.

The Vatican Observatory highlights NASA’s DART mission, which successfully altered an asteroid’s orbit to help protect Earth ...

Jupiter may have once been more than twice its current size, with a magnetic field 50 times stronger, say scientists who ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

They call it the architect as it played a critical role in shaping the orbital paths of other planets and sculpting the disk of gas and dust from which they formed. Listen to Story Astronomers ...

It is the largest object in the Solar System, but recent studies suggest it was once even twice as large as it is today. Astronomers' calculations might offer new insights into the fascinating process ...

Jupiter's already the big kahuna of the Solar System, an absolute unit of a planet with a mass 2.5 times greater than all of the rest of ...