The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.

The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...

When planetary rings are mentioned, the image of Saturn immediately comes to mind. However, this celestial feature is not ...

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 shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

New observations of a strange object that wobbles around the space between Jupiter and Uranus reveal what looks like a system ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ring system under formation. By comparing the 2023 observations to previous ...

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