Do the periods of comets decrease because they lose mass every time they get near the Sun? Robert BaileyConover, Wisconsin ...

New research has revealed that Hot Jupiters do not always push away or destroy nearby planets during their migration. This ...

In 2012, the accumulation of more than 23,000 photometric measurements made it possible to identify a planetary candidate, WASP-132b, with a radius of 0.87 times Jupiter’s and an orbital period of 7.1 ...

TOI-1408b, a grazing hot Jupiter, orbits its star every 4.42 ... For TOI-1408c, these variations amount to 15% of its orbital period—the largest relative TTV amplitude ever measured.

Recent studies have revealed that, until now, Hot Jupiters seem to be the only planet in orbit around their host star. This ...

Lunar New Year in 2025 ushers in conflict between a guardian deity and some Chinese zodiac signs, among them Snake. What to ...

Compared with Mercury, the paths of the four outer giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune minorly deviate from the ideal orbital shape. A planetary scientist at the University of ...

For one orbital period of the Perseid particles, you have 10 revolutions of Jupiter and four of Saturn in the same time. The fact that these two planets’ orbital periods are whole number multipl ...

A celestial body recently discovered by a Chinese observatory has been confirmed as a comet by the International Astronomical Union IAU Astronomers ...

Assuming you’re referring specifically to the orbital period — in other words ... As the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter has the strongest influence after the Sun, but even ...