Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

"Without it, we might not have Earth as we know it."Using computer simulations, Izidoro and his colleagues modeled how ...

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

New simulations from Rice University reveal how Jupiter’s rapid early growth blocked gas and dust from reaching the Sun, ...

Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years on Monday, according to NASA. The largest planet in our solar system, the gas giant will be at opposition, meaning Earth is directly between ...

This is a photo of the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It’s taken from Mars, and it’s humbling and incredible. Be sure to click the picture to see its full scope.

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

Jupiter influenced Earth’s future long before Earth formed, slicing gaps in the early solar system to stop its raw materials ...