Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and the fifth planet from the Sun. It is a massive gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium, the same elements that form stars.

The Juno observations showed that Jupiter has an equatorial diameter of 88,841 miles (142,976 km), which is about 5 miles (8 ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds Jupiter’s diameter slightly smaller than old estimates, providing precise data on the gas ...

Gas giants are massive worlds made mostly of hydrogen and helium. They lack solid surfaces, and in our solar system, Jupiter ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, may have been responsible for a mysterious age gap in the early solar system's planet building blocks. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya ...

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...