LOS ANGELES -- An amateur stargazer in Australia spotted an Earth-sized gash on Jupiter, possibly caused by a collision with a comet, NASA scientists say. Using an infrared telescope in Hawaii, NASA ...

The mystery at Jupiter's heart has taken a fresh twist – as new research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of its core. It had been thought that a colossal ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, pressed into service before being fully tested after a recent repair mission, has sent back images of an immense scar that suddenly appeared on the surface of Jupiter. Some ...

BALTIMORE — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is offering a glimpse of atmospheric debris from an object that plunged into Jupiter in a rare collision with the planet. Scientists used the telescope ...

(CN) — A new study casts doubt on a popular theory of how Jupiter’s unique core formed, suggesting that the planet’s evolution may have been far more complex than previously believed. Fifth planet ...

Jacob Kegerreis/Thomas Sandnes/Durham University. A new paper led by Dr. Thomas Sandnes, Durham University, and co-authored by an international team of scientists, including SETI Institute Affiliate, ...

As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS approaches Jupiter on 16 March 2026, scientists will be watching for more than just conventional cometary patterns. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has suggested ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...