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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 ...

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

Jupiter's moon Io stands alone among the solar system's moons. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, and its surface is home ...

Planetary scientists have recently drawn a connection between the birth of Jupiter and the formation zone of Earth, ...

While Jupiter may be our planetary guardian angel, protecting us from harm, gas giants in other solar systems might actually wreak havoc on other exoplanets nearby. In our solar system, Jupiter's huge ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars and Jupiter will give sky watchers an optical illusion this week as they reach the minimum amount of separation in their orbits. On Wednesday, the two planets, the fourth ...

Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found — 11 “normal” outer moons, and one that they’re calling an “oddball.” This brings Jupiter’s total number of known moons to a whopping 79 — the most of ...

"Astronomers have been searching for exoplanets that are likely precursors to hot Jupiters for more than two decades, so I was very surprised — and excited — to find one." When you purchase through ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...