Eventually, the gas turns into a form of liquid hydrogen ... Jupiter has altered the orbit of asteroids and comets for billions of years. Without Jupiter’s intervention, some of that space ...

It appears to be a juvenile planet that is in the midst of becoming a hot Jupiter, ... Stench of a Gas Giant? Nearby Exoplanet Reeks of Rotten Eggs, and That's a Good Thing July 8, 2024 — An ...

When NASA's Juno spacecraft first flew by Jupiter on August 27, all we got was a fuzzy image of the gas giant from a glancing angle. But now scientists behind the mission are starting to trickle ...

Core accretion is one theory put forward to explain the development of Jupiter and Saturn. Another theorized process of gas giant formation posits they form out of condensing gasses left over from ...

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

Though seemingly serene when viewed from the relative safety of our home world, Jupiter is a chaotic and stormy place. The gas giant planet's spots and swirls come from massive storms that whip up ...

One of them is Jupiter. Jupiter is made of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. So, trying to land on it would be like trying to land on a cloud here on Earth. There's no outer crust to break your fall ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

The fifth rock from the sun and the biggest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is what’s known as a gas giant – a ball of hydrogen and helium – unlike rocky Earth and Mars. Jupiter is an ...

Dust off your old telescope on a clear night and look up. If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side of the gas giant: they are the Galilean moons, four of the 95 natural ...

Core accretion is one theory put forward to explain the development of Jupiter and Saturn. Another theorized process of gas giant formation posits they form out of condensing gasses left over from ...