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 ...

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 ...

NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.

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 ...