Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges our understanding of gas giant formation within our solar ...

A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft in September 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik The planet Jupiter has no solid ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

Jupiter and Mars are about to get up close and personal to one another. Look up to the sky early Wednesday morning and you'll see what astronomers call a planetary conjunction. This is what is ...

A team of astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to capture new images of a "super-Jupiter" planet – the closest planet of its huge size that scientists have found. The planet is a ...

A planet 100 light-years away that resembles a young Jupiter has been discovered by an international team of astronomers that includes six UCLA scientists. The discovery is reported Aug. 13 in the ...

Juno's observations reveal the existence of stable, large cyclones clustered around both Jupiter's poles, a phenomenon unseen elsewhere in the solar system. Analysis of Jupiter's atmosphere indicates ...

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Let’s get lucky — and let’s get to listening. At long last, Jupiter — our gas-giant planet of good fortune, abundance, games of chance and inclinations of excess — is going direct in Gemini. After a ...