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.

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 ...

Planets of mass comparable to or larger than Jupiter's have been detected around over 50 stars, and for one such object a definitive test of its nature as a gas giant has been accomplished with data ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) – Jupiter is the largest and one of the most mysterious planets in the solar system. It’s 1,300 times the size of Earth, and never seems to behave the way scientists predict.