The comet was discovered in its final stage before impact. As luck would have it, NASA had a probe on its way to Jupiter, ...
Some of Hubble's most "impactful" observations captured comet fragments crashing into Jupiter. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was shredded by Jupiter’s gravity, and its fragments (21 in all) plunged into ...
In 1994, telescopes caught Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashing into Jupiter, creating explosions larger than Earth and the most dramatic footage ever recorded in astronomy. Greenland could become 51st state ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) streaks across the sky ...