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 ...
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The Great Red Spot: 7 Strange Facts About Jupiter's 190-Year Old Storm

Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been an object of fascination for astronomers for a long time, but it still manages to surprise ...
USA Today

Venus, Jupiter make their closest approach during August conjunction. Here's how to see

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Venus and Jupiter are making their close approaches to ...
MassLive

This NASA spacecraft could soon end its mission with a fiery death on Jupiter

A mission to Jupiter launched over a decade ago is about to complete its work with a fiery plunge into the planet’s depths sometime this month. NASA’s Juno orbiter spacecraft reached Jupiter in 2016, ...