With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars ...

With over 4,000 confirmed exoplanets, we're starting to get an idea of which types are common and which are rare. We've learned that our solar system is rather unusual in ways you wouldn't expect.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) – Jupiter is the ...

Most of the exoplanets with known masses at Earth-like distances to Sun-like stars are heavier than Jupiter, which raises the question of whether such planets are accompanied by detectable, possibly ...

The ubiquity of planets poses an interesting question: when first planets are formed in galaxies. We investigate this problem by adopting a theoretical model developed for understanding the ...

Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look. By determining the properties of hydrogen-helium mixtures at the millions of atmospheres of pressure present in the interior ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look. By determining the properties of hydrogen-helium mixtures at the millions of atmospheres of pressure ...

Direct imaging allows for the detection and characterization of exoplanets via their thermal emission. We report the discovery via imaging of a young Jovian planet in a triple-star system and ...

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 113, No. 788 (October 2001), pp. 1227-1231 (5 pages) ABSTRACT The problem of detecting Jovian‐sized planets orbiting white dwarf stars is ...

To learn how planetary spectra can be used to search for life on other worlds and analyze a mystery planet's spectrum for potential signs of life. copy of the "Exploring Spectra" student handout (PDF ...