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

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.

However, the causes, magnitude and evolution of the early impact flux ... for several hundred million years after Solar System formation before migrating. One suggestion was that Uranus and ...

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

It is the largest object in the Solar System, but recent studies indicate it was once even twice as large as it is today.

You don't need us to tell you that Jupiter, which has more than twice the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System ...

This model of solar system formation is known as the nebular hypothesis. The solar system is structured in a roughly flat plane called the ecliptic, with most planets orbiting the sun in the same ...

That's the lesson from a recent paper, which outlines just how vital giant impacts are to the formation of planets ... isn't confined to the inner solar system, either. The outer planet Uranus ...

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

“The host filament can shield the young Solar System from stellar feedback, both during the formation and evolution of stars (stellar outflow, wind, and radiation) and at the end of their lives ...