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What If Earth Orbited Jupiter?

Imagine you had to experience an apocalypse every day. Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, asteroid showers. Every day would be a ...
SETI

New Clues About Jupiter’s Mysterious Core

Jacob Kegerreis/Thomas Sandnes/Durham University. A new paper led by Dr. Thomas Sandnes, Durham University, and co-authored by an international team of scientists, including SETI Institute Affiliate, ...

The asteroid belt is slowly vanishing, shedding dust and rocks

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually.
Astronomy

A new theory explains how Jupiter’s core formed

Recent research utilizing advanced supercomputer simulations challenges the prevailing hypothesis that a giant impact formed Jupiter's dilute core. These simulations, incorporating a novel mixing ...
Space.com

NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter may have come to an end, but no one can confirm

Juno does not fall into those protected categories, and was also zeroed-out on the President's fiscal year 2026 budget ...