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.

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...

According to their work, Jupiter's radius was once two to two-and-a-half times its current radius—large enough to contain ...

A recent study has revealed the presence of a previously unknown companion planet orbiting the star Komondor (HAT-P-12) by ...

NGC 3640, a scarred elliptical galaxy caught on camera by the VST, shows evidence of past galactic feasts. But its tiny neighbor, NGC 3641, seems to be slipping away unscathed — a cosmic near-miss.

Galaxies come in many different variations, but astronomers classify them into four main types: spiral, elliptical, irregular and peculiar.

“This means that the distance between galaxies is increasing constantly. We have measured how far apart elliptical galaxies are from one another today. Using these data and taking into account ...

“At the very least, we are convinced that its strength has been underestimated.” The huge elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004 shone 10,000 times brighter when it formed than it does today. These types of ...

Along with a number of neighbouring galaxies — including our closest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy — it forms what is referred to as the “Local Group” of galaxies, a galactic agglomeration ...

Samsung has just announced that it will officially unveil the next Samsung Galaxy phone next Monday on May 12 at 8PM EST. As with other recent releases, you can already register your interest via ...

However, not all spiral galaxies are created equal, as two recent images from the Hubble Space Telescope show. The image above shows galaxy NGC 3596, a neat and orderly spiral galaxy. And the image ...