Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

Illustration of a 'hot Jupiter' orbiting a sun-like star. A hot Jupiter is a Jupiter-sized gas giant planet orbiting extremely close to its star, with a period of a few days compared to a year on ...

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

Illustrations by the 17th-century astronomer Cassini (a-c), compared with Jupiter's current Great Red Spot as captured by Eric Sussenbach in 2023. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

An image showing dark grey clouds and small specks of light on Jupiter is an illustration created using data from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jupiter mission ‘Juno’ ...

Juno at Jupiter. As NASA’s Juno spacecraft settles into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, skywatchers will get a chance to see the gas giant for themselves hanging in the western sky. While the probe is ...

(WHTM) – Our solar system has eight (was nine) planets and is roughly 4.571 billion years old. The planets in our solar system include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ...

The last time Jupiter entered Cancer was back in 2013 (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) The mighty Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, visits a new zodiac sign each year taking twelve ...

ESA's advanced JUICE spacecraft has officially begun its eight-year journey to Jupiter, where it will explore the gas giant's icy moons. reading time 2 minutes A highly-anticipated mission to Jupiter ...