Jupiter's influence on our Solar System dates back to a time when Earth was still just a cloud of dust and gas. Long before ...

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 ...

Jupiter's rapid early growth dramatically reshaped our solar system, scientists now reveal. Its immense gravity acted as a ...

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

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

The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

New simulations from Rice University reveal how Jupiter’s rapid early growth blocked gas and dust from reaching the Sun, ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolit ...