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 ...

A planetary smashup billions of years ago may be to blame for Jupiter’s weirdly puffy core. Recent measurements of Jupiter’s gravitational field indicate that, rather than a dense pit of rock and ice, ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, a young Jupiter collided head-on with a planetary embryo 10 times more massive than Earth. This giant impact formed Jupiter's dilute core, which contains hydrogen and ...

A computer simulation suggests that a massive collision may have caused Jupiter’s core to shatter into a gassy, borderless cloud. ByKatherine J. Wu Thursday, August 15, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next Jupiter ...

Jupiter and Saturn look serene through a backyard telescope, but beneath and around their clouds, both worlds are in dramatic ...

This simulated view of Jupiter is composed of 4 images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on December 7, 2000. Jupiter's core may be melting, which could offer an explanation as to why a recently ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than a decade after its launch, observations from NASA’s Juno probe — which embarked on a four-year extended mission last year — have revealed that the interior of Jupiter is far different than ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter's deep interior appears to be as strange and otherworldly as the gas giant's ...