We humans might grow larger as we move from early life to adulthood, but Jupiter has done the opposite. New research offers a ...

Jupiter is an impressive phenomenon in our solar system. Nevertheless, it has diminished considerably since its early days.

As the most massive planet in the Solar System, and first to form, Jupiter’s gravity shaped the formation of everything else.

The team's calculations indicate that young Jupiter had a radius nearly twice its current size, with a volume large enough to ...

A pair of researchers in astrophysics claim the data sheds new light on Jupiter’s role in shaping the early solar system and ...

Understanding Jupiter's early evolution helps illuminate the broader story of how our solar system developed its distinct ...

To better understand Jupiter’s primordial stages, researchers turned to the tiniest of the planet’s 92 known moons. Almathea ...

Jupiter's early evolution and gravitational influence played a crucial role in shaping the solar system's structure and ...

Recent calculations suggest that Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet, was once more than double its current size.

Jupiter has a mass 2.5 times greater than the rest of the planets combined. In the infant years, it was 2.5 times its current ...

Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times stronger, and its ...