NASA’s Juno spacecraft has forced planetary scientists to reconsider something they thought was settled: how big Jupiter actually is. New measurements show the solar system’s largest planet is ...

NASA shared that with a more precise shape, it will help astronomers understand data from planets seen passing in front of ...

Jupiter's radius is now estimated to be about 5 miles smaller than previously thought, while the distance from pole to pole is about 15 miles less.

Jupiter, long treated as the solar system’s fixed point of planetary normalcy, has just been knocked off that pedestal. New measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft show the gas giant is slightly ...

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

New measurements from the Juno probe show that the largest planet in the solar system is slightly smaller and flatter than ...

SAN ANTONIO — Oct. 9, 2007 — During the first traversal nearly straight down any planet’s magnetotail, the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument aboard New Horizons gathered remarkable new data on ...

Jupiter, as seen on July 18, 2024 by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 63rd perijove. Processed by Jackie Branc. NASA’s Juno orbiter has returned its latest batch of images of giant Jupiter, which are ...

Asharq Al Awsat Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever so small an amount - as scientists had previously thought.

Jupiter may be a bit more petite than expected, and that could have a big impact on how scientists model the mysterious interior of the giant planet.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Data from NASA's Juno mission show that Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is slightly smaller and more "squashed" than previously believed, ...