The gas giant planet's spots and swirls come from massive ... Then there's the question of what actually lies at Jupiter's core. Magnetic field data from the Juno spacecraft suggest that the ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

As the gas giant grew, its original rocky form was lost forever, becoming part of the planet’s core, where temperatures are hotter than the surface of the sun, and pressures so intense that ...

They are extrasolar gas giants which are the size of Neptune or larger. Unfortunately, such gas giant planets are hardly harbingers of life as we know it. But they are a necessary stop on the long ...