New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

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

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

Among all the planets in the Solar System, Jupiter stands out for being the most colossal in both size and mass. It is, without a doubt, an impressive world. However, given its enormous accumulation ...

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

Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter may look like a ...

The moon, just hours past its last quarter phase, will rise above the east-northeastern horizon shortly before midnight local ...

WASHINGTON - Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star. But some are out there all by themselves, called rogue planets. While their origins are ...

On Oct. 8, Venus will harmonize with Jupiter, bringing an influx of serendipitous blessings There is magic in the details! On Oct. 8, Venus in Virgo will form a sweet sextile to Jupiter in Cancer, ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which has spent years studying Jupiter and uncovering some of the most detailed insights about the planet’s atmosphere and storms, may have stopped communicating with Earth.

Gas giant Jupiter is so large it could swallow up over 1,300 Earths and still have some room to spare. If you want that in even more numbers, that would be a diameter at the equator of close to 90,000 ...