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Flash seen on Jupiter

Enormous impact flash seen lighting up Jupiter’s atmosphere

16 June 2022

Astronomers spotted a huge space rock slamming into Jupiter, creating a blast of light and energy equivalent to 2 million tonnes of TNT – the brightest such event since 1994
Jupiter

How Jupiter split the asteroid belt in two shows its great age

12 June 2017

An analysis of meteorites shows that Jupiter divided the rocks of the asteroid belt into two families within the first million years of the solar system

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