Composite images of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 orbiting Jupiter in 1994. In 1993, three sky watchers — Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker and David Levy — discovered a comet orbiting Jupiter. In their honor, it ...
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 ...
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In 1994, telescopes caught Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashing into Jupiter, creating explosions larger than Earth and the most dramatic footage ever recorded in astronomy. Donald Trump’s disapproval rating ...