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 ...

Over six dramatic days in July 1994, a shimmering train of ice-encrusted particles slammed into Jupiter, the solar system’s largest and most massive planet. Like a celestial string of opalescent ...

Twenty-five years ago, humanity first witnessed a collision between a comet and a planet. From July 16 to 22, 1994, enormous pieces of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9), discovered just a year prior, ...

The recent discovery of an asteroid seemingly on a near-collision course with Earth has heightened awareness of the real risk to our species and civilization posed by asteroids and their spectacular ...

Dean Regas chats with astronomer David Levy, unpacking the discovery of the famous Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Listen in and find out how you can start chasing comets yourself. Looking Up is transcribed ...

In 1994, the universe gave us front-row seats to the most colossal explosion ever witnessed. When fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet collided with Jupiter, the impacts were so massive, they left ...

In July 1994, astronomers witnessed something unprecedented: a comet colliding with a planet in real-time. Shoemaker-Levy 9’s fragments pummeled Jupiter with explosive force, creating atmospheric ...