Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

As the most massive planet in the Solar System, and first to form, Jupiter’s gravity shaped the formation of everything else.

Scientists provided a detailed look into Jupiter's primordial state and their calculations revealed that Jupiter was ...

To better understand Jupiter’s primordial stages, researchers turned to the tiniest of the planet’s 92 known moons. Almathea ...

The study by Konstantin Batygin of Caltech and Fred Adams of the University of Michigan pulls off a rare feat in planetary science. They have reconstructed Jupiter’s physical state at a precise moment ...

Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into ...

At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered water ice in a young star amongst the solar systems debris belt.

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to ...