Take That, Jupiter! Planet's Great Comet Crash of 1994 Recalled
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
From July 16 to 22, 1994, more than 20 fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 pelted Jupiter's atmosphere. It marked the first time humans had witnessed a collision between two bodies in the solar system.