New research using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope examines the maximum sizes of gas giant exoplanets, measuring chemical compositions and formation processes in the HR 8799 system.
(AP) Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That’s more than two Earth-size planets for every person on the globe. Just how ...
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
As elementary schoolers, we learned the order of the planets. Maybe your teacher even had a snappy mnemonic like “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas” or “My Very Educated Mother Just ...