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Hot Jupiter orbit patterns expose their secret past

Hot Jupiters, the blisteringly close cousins of our own Jupiter, were once treated as cosmic misfits. Now their orbital patterns are turning into a kind of forensic record, revealing how these giants ...
Yahoo

Jupiter is shrinking and used to be twice as big, mind-boggling study reveals

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter's radius used to be ...
CNN

Strange planet with a backward, cucumber-shape orbit is turning into another kind of world

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have ...
Wired

An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. The $5 ...
Science Daily

Jupiter’s clouds are hiding something big

Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds. Researchers found the planet likely holds significantly more oxygen than the ...
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Jupiter designed the solar system. Here's what the planet was like as a child.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and ...
BGR

A Shift In Jupiter's Orbit Could Have A Bizarre Impact On Earth

Earth, and every other planet within our Solar System that we know of, orbits the Sun. Beyond our small region of the universe, planets everywhere orbit their stars. Even tiny changes in these orbits ...

Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.
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Did you know that Jupiter does NOT orbit the sun?

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...
EurekAlert!

Astronomers discover first planet in Jupiter-like orbit plus smallest planet outside solar system

Washington, D.C. - After 15 years of observation and lots of patience, the world's premier planet-hunting team has finally found a planetary system that reminds them of our own solar system. At a ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Juno spacecraft loops into orbit around Jupiter

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA's Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter late Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit, setting the stage for a 20-month ...