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Something bizarre is unfolding on Jupiter and it’s no longer acting like a planet

For generations, Jupiter has been shorthand for a straightforward idea: the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant that quietly shepherds comets and anchors the outer worlds. That picture is ...
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Jupiter and Saturn Will Have You Spending the Holidays Getting Real

Hey, guess what? Another rare celestial event? Bingo! On Tuesday, December 24 (yes, Christmas Eve), Jupiter and Saturn will meet — forming a 90-degree angle, a “square” in astrology-speak — for the ...
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Jupiter designed the solar system. Here's what the planet was like as a child.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and ...
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Jupiter is our solar system's biggest planet by far. It used to be twice as large: Study

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than ...
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February's 'rare planetary alignment' is coming — here's what to expect from the planet parade

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the "planet parade" we've been waiting for?
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Farewell to the Jupiter of textbooks—the Juno probe reveals a smaller, flatter planet—and NASA prepares for changes

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, isn’t exactly the size and shape scientists believed it was. New measurements from the Juno spacecraft show ...