Unlike "our" Jupiter, hot Jupiters orbit ... both called "dwarfs," but that are very different in nature. One is a "white dwarf," the remnant of a sun-like star after it has depleted its nuclear ...

Wrong! Jupiter does not orbit around the sun. It is so big, so massive, that it orbits a different center of gravity or barycenter, than all the other planets in our solar system. Let me stop ...

Temperature: The average temperature at the top of clouds on Jupiter ... different colors, making Io look like a giant pizza. It gives off more energy (in the form of heat) than it gets from the ...

found a different abundance of heavy elements in Jupiter than in the sun. One theory (proposed at the time by Galileo scientists) is that Jupiter's heavy elements come from the numerous comets ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. For decades we have known that Jupiter’s asteroid swarms follow the gas giant as it ...