Jupiter has just been put on a cosmic diet. New measurements led by an Israeli team show that the giant planet’s diameter is about 8 kilometers smaller than long‑standing estimates and that its poles ...

The solar system’s most giant planet is slightly less of a giant than scientists once thought. Jupiter, a planet so huge it could hold 1,000 Earths, is 8 kilometers less wide at its equator and 24 ...

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann ...

According to this early data, Jupiter’s equatorial radius was around 44,423 miles (71,492 kilometers), and its polar radius ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

JERUSALEM, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- An international team of researchers has measured Jupiter with unprecedented precision and found that the solar system's largest planet is smaller and more flattened than ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has long intrigued scientists seeking to understand its mysterious origins. Recently, researchers uncovered groundbreaking details that shed fresh ...

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two of its many moons. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...