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Modeling of the consequences of a giant body smashing into Jupiter has undermined one of the main theories used to explain the strange nature of its solid core. Not everyone is satisfied with the ...

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 ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Four different research teams have revealed a wealth of information about Jupiter, and shows just how strange the gas giant is. Despite it being the biggest planet in our solar system, much of what ...

Juno's highly elliptical orbit allows close-range observations of Jupiter's poles, revealing unique, stable polar cyclone formations unlike any other in the solar system. Juno's microwave instrument ...

Juno's observations reveal the existence of stable, large cyclones clustered around both Jupiter's poles, a phenomenon unseen elsewhere in the solar system. Analysis of Jupiter's atmosphere indicates ...