Jupiter would need 80 times its current mass to ignite as a star, with gravity that could fling Earth out of the solar system ...

Earth just got an upgrade! If we made Earth 1,300 times bigger, we could make Earth the size of Jupiter. A new, super-Earth ...

Research shows Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull may have protected Earth by keeping its orbit steady and preventing it from drifting toward the Sun.

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS will reach perihelion on October 29, 2025, sparking theories from alien spacecraft to ...

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Will interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hit Earth? Explore the predictions, from NASA's official 'no impact' trajectory to ...

ESA ran a full-scale solar storm drill to prepare for the next Carrington Event - an eruption powerful enough to disrupt life on Earth.

I/ATLAS anomalies and enormous kinetic energy update highlights seven unusual features of the interstellar object studied by Prof. Avi Loeb. The objects size, composition and trajectory suggest ...

Contextualizing speed and distance helps set expectations. Around perihelion, 3I/Atlas is moving at roughly 68 km per second. Its closest approach to Earth is about 1.8 AU, near December 19, which is ...