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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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

Amateur Astronomers Detect Massive Impact Flash on Jupiter

Astronomers around the world are buzzing with the news that something crashed into Jupiter. The question is: What was it? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...