Jupiter's slimmer profile: Giant planet revealed to be narrower at equator

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann ...
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Astronomers may have found a new Earth-size world, but there’s a twist

Astronomers are closing in on what looks like a rare prize: a world almost the size of Earth, circling a Sun-like star at a ...

After 50 years, scientists found that Jupiter is smaller and flatter than expected, NASA’s Juno reveals

After 50 years of assumptions, fresh data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter, ...
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Jupiter still largest planet, but not as huge as we thought

Jupiter, without a doubt, is ⁠the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large – by ...
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400 Earth-size rogue planets could be wandering the Milky Way

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of an ice covered rogue planet. New predictions suggest an upcoming NASA space telescope could spot over 400 Earth ...
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Earth-size, habitable zone planets may be closer than you think

The three planetary candidates highlighted in this study are Kepler Object of Interest (KOI) 1422.02, which is 90 percent the size of Earth in a 20-day orbit; KOI-2626.01, 1.4 times the size of Earth ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Three Billion Years Ago, Mars May Have Been Half Covered by a Sea the Size of the Arctic Ocean

“The presence of liquid water [on Mars] is a broad topic that includes rains, rivers, lakes, as well as oceans,” says Ezat ...
AOL

Even planets have their (size) limits

Scientists have discovered over 4,000 exoplanets outside of our Solar System, according to NASA’s Exoplanet Archive. Some of these planets orbit multiple stars at the same time. Certain planets are so ...
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From Circular to Elliptical: How Planet Size Affects Orbit Shape

How does a planet’s size influence its orbit around its parent star? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address as a team of ...