Jupiter may have swept through the early solar system like a wrecking ball, destroying a first generation of inner planets before retreating into its current orbit, according to a new study published ...

Jupiter, long settled in its position as the fifth planet from our sun, was a rolling stone in its youth. Over the eons, the giant planet roamed toward the center of the solar system and back out ...

Dangit, Jupiter. Or maybe thanks? I’m not sure how to feel about this one. According to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, our solar system may once ...

Meteorites have been used to unlock many secrets of the early years of the Solar System, but astronomers believe that some of the space rocks can only have been created by Jupiter, giving us a time ...

The neighborhood of our inner solar system may not have always been so lonely. Blame a wild and unruly young Jupiter, which once caromed like a giant billiard ball, shattering early planets and ...

Jupiter may have swept through the early solar system like a wrecking ball, destroying a first generation of inner planets before retreating into its current orbit, according to a new study published ...

Jupiter, long settled in its position as the fifth planet from our sun, was a rolling stone in its youth. Over the eons, the giant planet roamed toward the center of the solar system and back out ...

Jupiter's travels profoundly influenced the solar system, changing the nature of the asteroid belt and making Mars smaller than it should have been. These details are based on a new model of the early ...