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Scientists Say That Jupiter—the Solar System’s Largest Planet—Might Be Slightly Smaller Than Previously Thought

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...
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Scientists Discover That Our Solar System’s Biggest Planet Was Once Much Larger, Playing A Huge Part In The Creation Of Other Planets

With a diameter of 88,846 miles at its equator, Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. It’s eleven times larger than Earth, so big in fact that its gravitational forces are thought to be ...
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Suppose Jupiter collided with the smallest star nearby

The biggest planet in the Solar System. And the smallest star in the known Universe. Today, they are on a collision course.