New research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of Jupiter’s core. Most planetary scientists thought that a colossal collision with an early planet containing half ...

A new study published in Nature Astronomy proposes an explanation for a long-standing puzzle in planetary science: why ...

Jupiter and Saturn are the two largest planets in our solar system, and both are surrounded by dozens—even hundreds—of moons.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jupiter’s formation caused violent rock collisions that formed chondrules, revealing clues about how planets and solar systems are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jupiter’s early growth shaped Earth’s formation by trapping dust, forming rings, and protecting planets from spiraling into the ...

Hot Jupiters were once cosmic oddities, but unraveling how they moved so close to their stars has remained a stubborn mystery. Scientists have long debated whether these giants were violently flung ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system (so large, in fact, that some scientists think it might have even consumed other worlds), a gas giant so massive that it shaped the orbits and ...

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned into the planets we know today. One giant, Jupiter, grew quickly and changed ...

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed in the first million years after the Sun was born. Others, including the ...