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 ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

Jupiter harbors more oxygen than the sun, a new study finds, giving astronomers a crucial clue about how our solar system's ...

Jupiter looks familiar from a distance, but beneath its clouds lies something profoundly alien. New data has overturned decades of assumptions about its structure and formation. Instead of clarity, ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Unlike earlier studies, which often examined chemistry and atmospheric motion separately, the new simulations combined both.

A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's circumference. A massive wave of solar wind that squished Jupiter's ...

How can the solar wind influence Jupiter’s massive magnetic field? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...