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Something bizarre is unfolding on Jupiter and it’s no longer acting like a planet

For generations, Jupiter has been shorthand for a straightforward idea: the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant ...
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White flash on Jupiter spotted by amateur astronomers

Scientists and astronomers are working to confirm what a handful of stargazers on two continents saw Monday: a bright flash of light in the atmosphere of Jupiter that was likely a space rock impacting ...
IFLScience

In 1994 We Got To See How Long Impact "Craters" Last On Gas Giants, Courtesy Of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

The comet was discovered in its final stage before impact. As luck would have it, NASA had a probe on its way to Jupiter, perfectly placed to capture its demise.
New Scientist

Huge asteroid impact may have knocked over Jupiter's largest moon

A massive collision billions of years ago may have dramatically reoriented Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Naoyuki Hirata at Kobe University, Japan, and his colleagues studied Ganymede’s extensive ...
ExtremeTech

Jupiter's Core May Have Been Shattered By a Massive Protoplanet Impact

Jupiter's unusually dilute core may be the result of a catastrophic impact billions of years ago with a protoplanet at least 8x the mass of Earth. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...
Forbes

Jupiter’s Main Moon Was Struck By A Colossal Asteroid, Scientists Say

This enhanced image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during the mission's June 7, 2021, flyby of the icy moon on Juno's 34th pass close to ...
Astronomy

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 ...