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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.

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An illustration of Jupiter with magnetic field lines emitting from its poles. Credit: Credit: K. Batygin. A new study has revealed that Jupiter—our solar system’s largest planet—was once ...

But according to recent calculations based on some of the gas giant’s tiniest moons, astronomers now believe Jupiter was once more than double its current size, with a magnetic field 50 times as ...