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What if Jupiter were a rocky planet instead of a gas giant?

Jupiter is old. Like 4.5 billion years old. It started as a swirling disk of gas and dust that formed into a pretty big ...
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Jupiter’s moon Europa may lack geological spark needed for life, new study finds

New evidence suggests Europa’s seafloor may be a geologically dead wasteland, lacking the volcanic energy necessary to ...
AOL

How a young Jupiter saved Earth from falling into the Sun

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed in the first million years after the Sun was born. Others, including the ...
EDN

NASA Juno electronics study Jupiter: Gravity Science Experiment

The Juno spacecraft now orbiting Jupiter has a suite of science instruments which will investigate the existence of a possible solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the ...
Gizmodo

Last-Minute Software Patch Saves Jupiter Probe Ahead of Critical Venus Flyby

An exceptionally heavy interplanetary probe is on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, using the gravity of Earth and Venus to propel it on its path toward the gas giant. Just weeks before its scheduled ...
PRIMETIMER

Trajectory models show 3I/ATLAS nearing Jupiter's irregular moon Eupheme in March 2026

After passing Earth, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly close to Jupiter and its moon Eupheme in March 2026, marking a key moment in its outbound journey ...