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

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

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

“Textbooks will need to be updated,” study co-author Yohai Kaspi, a planetary scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science ...

The Juno observations showed that Jupiter has an equatorial diameter of 88,841 miles (142,976 km), which is about 5 miles (8 ...

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.

"It really shows how much we still have to learn about planets, even in our own solar system." The post There’s Something Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find appeared first on Futurism.

The solar system’s most giant planet is slightly less of a giant than scientists once thought. Jupiter, a planet so huge it could hold 1,000 Earths, is 8 kilometers less wide at its equator and 24 ...

New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

This article explores the link between Thursday, Jupiter, and Indian naming traditions. It presents thoughtfully chosen baby ...