Jupiter's unusually dilute core may be the result of a catastrophic impact billions of years ago with a protoplanet at least 8x the mass of Earth. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Jupiter is old. Like 4.5 billion years old. It started as a swirling disk of gas and dust that formed into a pretty big ...

A computer simulation suggests that a massive collision may have caused Jupiter’s core to shatter into a gassy, borderless cloud. ByKatherine J. Wu Thursday, August 15, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next Jupiter ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, a young Jupiter collided head-on with a planetary embryo 10 times more massive than Earth. This giant impact formed Jupiter's dilute core, which contains hydrogen and ...

A planetary smashup billions of years ago may be to blame for Jupiter’s weirdly puffy core. Recent measurements of Jupiter’s gravitational field indicate that, rather than a dense pit of rock and ice, ...

Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky ...

This simulated view of Jupiter is composed of 4 images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on December 7, 2000. Jupiter's core may be melting, which could offer an explanation as to why a recently ...

Berkeley -- Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated ...

Berkeley — Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter hasa rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought,researchers ...