A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

The new calculations, described in a paper published Tuesday (May 20) in the journal Nature Astronomy, suggest that just 3.8 ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has long intrigued scientists seeking to understand its mysterious origins. Recently, researchers uncovered groundbreaking details that shed fresh ...

"This brings us closer to understanding how not only Jupiter but the entire solar system took shape." Jupiter's immense gravity — along with the sun's — helped fashion the solar system, shaping the ...

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and stronger when the solar system was just beginning to take shape ...

Today, the storm stretches as wide as 10,159 miles (16,350 kilometers) and has become more rounded in shape. Mysterious Moon Photobombs Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in Latest Juno Image Hubble has ...

The Great Red Spot on Jupiter, the largest known storm in the solar system, is apparently shifting shapes, according to a recent report. A 90-day study, from December to March, of Jupiter using the ...

Though incident sunlight is responsible for the majority of the light seen from Jupiter's atmosphere, the team thinks there must be another that is giving rise to changes in the shape and ...

Saturn has its famous hexagon, and Jupiter has just now been caught throwing mad shapes too. High up in its atmosphere, astronomers have identified strange, glowing new features, in the region above ...