Jupiter's Great Red Spot is one of the most recognizable features of our solar system; it's famously larger than Earth itself serves as an identifying mark on the largest of our gas giants. Consisting ...

Jupiter is by far the largest planet in our solar system. The huge ball of hydrogen and helium circling the sun is about 88,000 miles wide, meaning more than 1,300 Earths could fit inside it.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Benjamin Roulston is Assistant Professor of Physics, ...