“This research helps us understand how planets form and evolve… by studying what’s happening inside Jupiter, we get closer to ...

For decades, scientists believed they had a solid handle on Jupiter’s size and shape.

Jupiter may be a bit more petite than expected, and that could have a big impact on how scientists model the mysterious ...

Jupiter, long enshrined in classroom diagrams as a near-perfect striped sphere, has just been resized and reshaped. New ...

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New findings published in Nature Astronomy suggest the latter. By analyzing microwave data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft during ...

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

Jupiter's radius is now estimated to be about 5 miles smaller than previously thought, while the distance from pole to pole is about 15 miles less.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it ...

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...