Jupiter Saved Earth from Spiralling Into the Sun

October 29, 2025 Universe Today

Jupiter Saved Earth from Spiralling Into the Sun
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/hxC6mZk)

The "Jupiter Marble" image, taken by Juno's JunoCam imager, enhanced by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

The gas giant’s early growth carved rings in the protoplanetary disk that surrounded our Sun billions of years ago. This process set the architecture for the inner Solar System and prevented Earth from spiraling into the Sun.

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