Narrator: Further from the Sun, in the outer reaches of the solar system, we find the gas planets. Much larger than the rocky planets, these cosmic giants are accompanied by numerous moons.

It could be the core of a gas world like Jupiter, offering an unprecedented glimpse inside one of these giant planets. Giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn have a solid planetary core beneath a ...

"We must rethink how we create computer models for planet formation and early evolution in the young universe." Giant, gas-rich planets may have been able to form more easily in the very early ...

The worlds found include Neptune-like planets, as well as massive gas giants more like our Jupiter. Scientists have even found some Earth-like worlds. The latest discovery, though, is a gas “hot ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Giant, gas-rich planets may have been able to form more easily in the very early universe than ...

The planet Uranus has clouds made up of hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their unpleasant smell. The possibility of this gas being present in the atmosphere of the seventh planet ...

Neptune is very far away from the sun. Every time a planet has been found orbiting its star that closely before, it has either been a huge gas giant, similar to Jupiter, or a barren tiny rock ...