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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 used to be twice as big as it is now — it could have held 2,000 Earths

Long before it became the giant planet we see today, Jupiter was even bigger and had a much stronger magnetic field, according to a new study that looked back in time to reveal what the world was like ...
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Jupiter, The Largest Planet In Our Solar System, Was Once Twice As Big

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Jupiter Was Once Double Its Current Size

We humans might grow larger as we move from early life to adulthood, but Jupiter has done the opposite. New research offers a snapshot of what the gas giant would have looked like at the beginning, ...
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Jupiter designed the solar system. Here's what the planet was like as a child.

Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and stronger when the solar system was just beginning to take shape, a pair of astronomers say. Two scientists at Caltech and the ...
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Jupiter was once double its current size, study finds

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has long intrigued scientists seeking to understand its mysterious origins. Recently, researchers uncovered groundbreaking details that shed fresh ...