Jupiter is the largest known planet in the entire solar system, and planetary scientists have been debating about how it formed for as long as we can remember. But new research published this week in ...

When compared to the outermost planets in our solar system, the four planets closest to the sun — Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — are quite small. Astronomers believe this is because a massive planet ...

What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as an international pair of scientists investigated the physical, ...

Jupiter and Saturn look serene through a backyard telescope, but beneath and around their clouds, both worlds are in dramatic ...

An eye-catching pattern on the surface of Europa, an ice-covered moon, may have profound implications for our understanding ...

Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water. Scientists expected moons closer to the planet to be ...

Over the last two decades, the discovery of thousands of exoplanets outside our solar system has shaken up old theories about how planets form;the recent discovery of an "infant Jupiter," rich in ...

Gas giants like Jupiter have to grow fast. Newborn stars are embedded in a disk of gas and dust that goes on to form planets. But the ignition of the star releases energy that drives away much of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New research suggests why Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, waited about two ...