"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets." ...

The two largest planets in the Solar System – Jupiter and Saturn – have a lot in common. They're made of very similar stuff, ...

Jupiter looks familiar from a distance, but beneath its clouds lies something profoundly alien. New data has overturned ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

Jupiter harbors more oxygen than the sun, a new study finds, giving astronomers a crucial clue about how our solar system's ...

Unlike earlier studies, which often examined chemistry and atmospheric motion separately, the new simulations combined both.

What would it take for Jupiter to ignite and become our second sun? What if Jupiter gained just a little bit more mass during ...

The largest planet in the Solar System is reaching a milestone over the weekend. It will reach something known as opposition ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

A study published in Nature Communications suggests that Europa’s rocky seafloor is likely too mechanically strong to support ...