Jupiter, the largest and most mysterious planet in our solar system. A gas giant so massive it could swallow 1,300 Earths, ...

The extrasolar planet or " exoplanet " in question is TOI-2109b, which has five times the mass of Jupiter and is located ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is 11 times wider than Earth, and has a mass 2.5 times greater than all of ...

Within a matter of a few days, Jupiter settles into a state where its core is diffuse and extends nearly half-way to the surface of the planet. Snapshots of the collision simulation.

When Jupiter formed 4.5 billion years ago, rocks and ice combined to form a rocky core 14-18 times the mass of the Earth, according to a new simulation by UC Berkeley geophysicist Burkhard Militzer.

A new study, using data from NASA's Juno mission, aims to learn more about Jupiter's origins, as the recent investigation revealed that its mysterious core is even more massive than previous ...

Identifying and characterizing Jupiter's core is a key goal of Juno's $1.1 billion mission, which seeks to better understand how the gas giant formed and evolved.

Jupiter may have been struck by a huge protoplanet long ago, spreading the heavy material inside the planet's core across a much wider area inside the planet than we'd typically expect to find.

Jupiter's rocky central core may well be dissolving into liquid. Skip to main content. Open Navigation Menu ... which is twice as massive as all of the other planets orbiting the Sun put together, ...

Jupiter formed in a geologic blink. Its rocky core coalesced less than a million years after the beginning of our solar system, scientists reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National ...

Jupiter may have been smashed by head-on collision with massive young planet Jackson Ryan Former Science Editor Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

When Jupiter was still forming 4.5 billion years ago, something giant likely crashed into the planet and disrupted the process, according to a new study.