"Without it, we might not have Earth as we know it."Using computer simulations, Izidoro and his colleagues modeled how ...

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

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

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

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

On March 4, 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. This was the first time anyone had seen Jupiter’s rings. Because the rings are so thin and faint, it's ...

This is a composite image of Jupiter taken through three color filters — red, yellow-green and cyan. The large white oval is the Great Red Spot, the centuries-old storm in the planet's southern ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

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Brian is a Boston-based Forbes breaking news reporter. Astronomers discovered a ring around a distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune at a distance from the dwarf planet that was previously thought to be ...

In September's planetary opera, Jupiter remains sharp, and Saturn 's ring cycle goes flat. Jupiter is ascending the east-southeastern sky at dusk. This large gaseous planet is brilliant (negative ...

Jupiter influenced Earth’s future long before Earth formed, slicing gaps in the early solar system to stop its raw materials ...