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

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

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

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

The deficit of this isotope is now thought to mean that some of the oldest rocks on Earth are actually remnants of our planet ...

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

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...

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

Boston, Mass. – Glacial deposits that formed on tropical land areas during snowball Earth episodes around 600 million years ago, lead to questions about how the glaciers that left the deposits were ...

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