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.

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

“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 ...

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

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 ...

A team of international scientists recently published the discovery of nine new hot Jupiter exoplanets in The Astronomical ...

Researchers from Nagoya City University, Tohoku University, and other institutions have used numerical simulations to ...

The study by Konstantin Batygin of Caltech and Fred Adams of the University of Michigan pulls off a rare feat in planetary ...