Scientists claim Jupiter became big after eating small planets - WION

A recent study has found out that there is a reason why Jupiter is dubbed the biggest planet in our solar system. Turns out it achieved this gigantic size (300 times bigger than Earth) by consuming small planets

There have been several space missions to study how Moon, Marth, Sun and our galaxy were formed, but seldom there are any that have unravelled the mysteries on the origin of the giant planet. A rece… [+1758 chars]

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