How a young Jupiter saved Earth from falling into the Sun

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

Jupiter’s Gravity May Explain a 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Mystery

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner solar system. New research from Rice University reveals that Jupiter played a ...
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Without Jupiter, Earth may have spiraled into the sun long ago

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

USRA Contributes to the Development of Surya: A Foundation Model for Space Weather

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists decode the Sun's most complex mysteries. In a first for space weather, researchers from academia, industry, and the Universities Space Research ...

Planetary scientists link Jupiter's birth to Earth's formation zone

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

How Jupiter shaped the early solar system and the birth of planets

Jupiter's rapid early growth dramatically reshaped our solar system, scientists now reveal. Its immense gravity acted as a ...

Study Reveals Jupiter's Early Growth Prevented Earth From Being Pulled Into The Sun

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists at Houston-based Rice University has revealed that this giant planet created ...