Jupiter's unusually dilute core may be the result of a catastrophic impact billions of years ago with a protoplanet at least 8x the mass of Earth. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Katharina Lodders, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis research associate professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, studying data from the Galileo probe of Jupiter, proposes ...

Berkeley — Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated ...

Jacob Kegerreis/Thomas Sandnes/Durham University. A new paper led by Dr. Thomas Sandnes, Durham University, and co-authored by an international team of scientists, including SETI Institute Affiliate, ...

The mystery at Jupiter's heart has taken a fresh twist – as new research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of its core. It had been thought that a colossal ...

For a long time, Jupiter had always been in my mind as that 'gas ball' composed of hydrogen and helium from documentaries. My imagination made me think that any celestial body could easily penetrate ...

For decades, astronomers believed that Jupiter's unusual interior was the scar of a violent past - the aftermath of a massive collision with another young planet. But new research suggests the story ...

A new Durham University study has found that a giant impact may not be responsible for the formation of Jupiter's remarkable ‘dilute’ core, challenging a theory about the planet's history. Jupiter, ...

For decades, astronomers have debated the mystery at the heart of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. Many believed that a colossal collision with an early planetary body must have ...

I look out at night and see Jupiter and wonder how much we don't know about the solar system's biggest planet. Scientific investigation increases our knowledge of the universe but never reaches an ...

Gravitational interactions with nearby planets and stars can hurl giant exoplanets into orbits that bring them close to their suns, Ken Croswell reported in “Hot Jupiters may be kicked into place” (SN ...