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The First Comet We Ever Saw Slam Into Jupiter May Have Left It With A New Ring
A new hypothesis suggests that the breaking apart and eventual collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 – the first space rock ever directly observed hitting another Solar System body, Jupiter ...
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See The Crescent Moon And The ‘Eclipse Comet’ Next To Jupiter
Tuesday, April 9: A 2%-lit crescent moon will be below Jupiter, with comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in between. Wednesday, April 10: A 7%-lit crescent moon will be above Jupiter and comet 12P/Pons-Brooks.
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Explosive Flash As Large Object Crashes Into Jupiter Captured By Cameras
There’s plenty more before those, too, including the famous 1994 collision between comet Shoemaker-Levy and Jupiter. Spoiler: Jupiter won that game of cosmic chicken going away. The only ...
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NASA captures comet's close sun pass and stunning planetary images
NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.
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A giant, boiling, shrinking planet has a tail stretching 350,000 miles into space, astronomers discover
Studying this Jupiter-sized world and its long comet-like tail can teach us more about the physics of space, including how planets and their host stars evolve together over time. "The WASP-69b ...
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'Will nearly miss hitting Earth': ESA introduces Rameses Mission, set to study Asteroid Apophis
The Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet collision with Jupiter 30 years ago spurred interest in planetary defence, leading to missions like Ramses to prevent potential Earth impacts. Apophis, roughly 375 ...