Four and a half billion years ago Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the ...

Learn how scientists used ancient raindrops preserved in meteorites to accurately date Jupiter’s creation for the first time.

Around 4.6 billion years ago, as the young solar system formed, Jupiter's rapid growth created enormous gravitational disturbances in the Solar System.

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has recently celebrated a new birthday, pinpointing its formation to approximately 4.5 billion years ago. This significant revelation comes from the ...

Today, Jupiter remains the largest planet in the solar system, but its current volume could "only" hold around 1,321 Earths. Over time, the young planet cooled, radiated away its heat, and ...

You don't need us to tell you that Jupiter, which has more than twice the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, is the biggest game in town (that isn't called the Sun). But ...

Jupiter 's already the big kahuna of the Solar System, an absolute unit of a planet with a mass 2.5 times greater than all of the rest of the planets combined. Prepare, then, to have your mind ...

One of the greatest existential threats to life on Earth is a tremendous cosmic impact. Whether from an asteroid, comet, or even an interstellar interloper, an energetic-enough collision with Earth — ...

The planets circle tightly around a dim dwarf star called Trappist-1, barely the size of Jupiter. Three are in the so-called habitable zone, where liquid water and, possibly life, might exist.

The planets circle tightly around a dim dwarf star called Trappist-1, barely the size of Jupiter. Three are in the so-called habitable zone, where liquid water and, possibly life, might exist.

Try more than double its current size, according to new research from Caltech and the University of Michigan — boasting enough volume to fit 2,000 Earths inside it with room to spare.