Jupiter, roughly 562 million miles from Earth today, has nearly 100 moons. But Batygin and his collaborator Fred Adams' ...

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.

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...

According to their work, Jupiter's radius was once two to two-and-a-half times its current radius—large enough to contain ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, was once so big that it could have held ...

Jupiter is an impressive phenomenon in our solar system. Nevertheless, it has diminished considerably since its early days.

A pair of researchers in astrophysics claim the data sheds new light on Jupiter’s role in shaping the early solar system and ...

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

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

Before Jupiter became the giant planet it is today, it was much larger and had a much stronger magnetic field, according to a ...

They call it the architect as it played a critical role in shaping the orbital paths of other planets and sculpting the disk of gas and dust from which they formed.

Jupiter has a mass 2.5 times greater than the rest of the planets combined. In the infant years, it was 2.5 times its current ...