Ever since the discovery of the ancient crater left over from the massive impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, researchers have sought to uncover the origin of the meteor that heralded the extinction of more than three-fifths of life on Earth: was it an asteroid thatread more
A recent study has revealed that the planet Jupiter devoured numerous smaller planets in the early days of the Solar System’s formation. This apparent cannibalism of its young siblings now sets to rest at least one debate regarding the formation of our system’s largest planet. Four and a half billionread more
Jupiter has found itself in the spotlight again, this time with news that reports of the demise of its famous Great Red Spot may have been greatly exaggerated, and also that the Solar System’s largest planet may have once again been impacted by a large object that left a brightread more
Although the planet Jupiter might be in the process of losing its famous Great Red Spot, it has recently gained a new feature that is baffling researchers, in the form of a large dark hole in its cloud tops that astronomers are calling ‘The Abyss’. Revealed during the Juno spaceread more