Jupiter formed in a geologic blink. Its rocky core coalesced less than a million years after the beginning of our solar system, scientists reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National ...

A groundbreaking study published in Communications Earth & Environment has called into question the long-standing assumptions ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight on Thursday, Aug. 11, and this year has all the earmarks of being a great year to watch the show, thanks to the effects of Jupiter.

When a rogue meteor careened through the atmosphere of Jupiter last year, it caught the attention of NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit around the giant planet.

The Cretaceous period ended in a terrible disaster that had its origins beyond Jupiter. An asteroid more than six miles wide slammed into prehistoric Central America, kicking off a global heat ...

A meteorite collected last year may hold the key to the mystery behind the origin of water on Earth. On Feb. 28, 2021, a meteorite that entered Earth's atmosphere over northern England broke into ...

New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly 90-mile-wide asteroid around 4 billion years ago. The colossal collision was ...

An asteroid an estimated 6-9 miles ... showing that it was a type that originated beyond Jupiter in the outer solar system. Sign up here. The impactor, based on the debris composition, ...

Jupiter is oldest planet in solar system, ancient meteorites show June 12, 2017 More than 8 years ago When the solar system was about 1 million years old, Jupiter's gravity was strong enough to ...