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How you can observe impacts on Jupiter

Lucky is the word I'd use for any telescopic observers who got to see one of the most stunning spectacles in nature when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted Jupiter in July 1994. The collision left inky ...

I Once Thought Jupiter Was a Soft 'Gas Balloon', But After Learning More, I Discovered Its Super Hard Core

For a long time, Jupiter had always been in my mind as that 'gas ball' composed of hydrogen and helium from documentaries. My imagination made me think that any celestial body could easily penetrate ...
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The First Comet We Ever Saw Slam Into Jupiter May Have Left It With A New Ring

The rings of Jupiter might not be as spectacular as Saturn’s (whose are?) but they are there. However, one of them may not have existed before just a few decades ago. A new hypothesis suggests that ...
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Jupiter comet’s water matches Earth’s oceans, may have brought water to globe: NASA

New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of water found in Earth's oceans. This discovery revives the possibility that ...
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Impact Jupiter : the crash of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 / David H. Levy, co-discoverer of the comet

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The Object at the Center of Jupiter Is So Strange That It Defies Comprehension

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...
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What's worth looking for in the night sky in the coming weeks?

Jupiter, (upper left), and Venus, as seen from near the Newport Intermediate School, early Tuesday morning, August 12, 2025. Jupiter and Venus had been getting closer and closer in the pre-dawn sky ...

What Risks Would Earth Face if Jupiter Disappeared? A Scientific Perspective on the Solar System's 'Guardian'

In the vast solar system, if one were to select a 'behind-the-scenes hero' whose impact on Earth is profound yet often overlooked, Jupiter would undoubtedly be the strongest candidate. This giant ...
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NASA finds interstellar comet near Jupiter, will be closest to Earth in October

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the sky-surveying Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and ...

Comet or alien spaceship? Astrophysicist explains what we know about interstellar traveler 3I/Atlas

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.

3I/ATLAS Interstellar Object Mysterious Observations, Strange Findings: Can it release mini-probes? Scientists observe various anomilies. See its pathway

I/ATLAS interstellar object will pass the Sun on October 30, 2025. Experts including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Harvard ...

Where did the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS come from?

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...