Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the aftermath of powerful collision between two asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter.  They estimate the speed of the impact at “15,000 kilometers per hour — five times the speed ...

Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo will outline the impact of ice dynamics on the habitability of the moons of Saturn and Jupiter on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco....

Jupiter's been in the news a lot this past summer, as anywhere there's a Pacific-Ocean-sized explosion tends to be. The recent impact (and detonation) of an asteroid against the gas giant's hide has triggered the usual flurry of dis...

We have a new podcast on the feed! Refresh your iTunes and/or click below to listen. This episode features chatter from Michael, Doug and Mike. Topics include: Citizen Sky Jupiter Impact Galileo Scope Mars Scorpius Starhunt Sup...

Despite recent news, Jupiter's asteroid-devouring magnetic field doesn't have a monopoly on awesome impact explosions. Canada's Manicouagan impact crater in northern Quebec shown above, framed on the north by the aurora borealis, wa...

I've received a half-dozen emails asking why there hasn't been anything on the blog yet about the Jupiter impact. The answer: there's only one of me! But now I'm finally getting to the story, nearly a month after it happened. The...

This week's Planetary Radio features astronomer Heidi Hammel on the recent impact on Jupiter, so go check it out! Each week on Planetary Radio, I do a "Questions and Answers" segment, and I've recently decided to start posting the ...

Not quite. But despite last week's news, Jupiter's asteroid-devouring magnetic field doesn't have a monopoly on awesome impact explosions. Canada's Manicouagan impact crater in northern Quebec shown above, framed on the north by the...

I. de Pater (Berkeley) / H. Hammel (SSI) / T. Rector (U. of AK-Anchorage) / Gemini Obs. This mid-infrared image of the impact site on Jupiter was captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii. The yellow arrow points to th...

Insty: TRYING TO FIND THE TRUTH BEHIND the Jupiter impact. "Something invaded our solar system and whacked Jupiter, but professional astronomers were looking the other way at the time. Now, as the shock wave slowly subsides, astrono...

TRYING TO FIND THE TRUTH BEHIND the Jupiter impact. “Something invaded our solar system and whacked Jupiter, but professional astronomers were looking the other way at the time. Now, as the shock wave slowly subsides, astronomers a...

ESA Science & Technology: Hubble views new dark spot on JupiterOver the past few days, spectacular images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown the scene of a vast impact - roughly twice the length of Europe - which has ...

Real animal spies inspire film G-Force ... Hubble captures Jupiter impact ... Demand for U.S. turtles booms in China ... The odds of Pluto becoming a planet again ... Hotter weather aided growth of Incans ... Air-scrubbing system on...

On the night of July 19th, Australian astronomer Anthony Wesley was just regular guy, hanging out with his custom-built telescope, taking in the sights of Earth’s largest planetary neighbor. Now, a week later, his website’s been Sla...

Carnival of Space #113 is now up at Dynamics of Cats. The special theme of this edition is impacts. Not surprisingly the recent impact of Wesley's Object on Jupiter is discussed. There is also returning samples from the Moon, things...

The revamped Hubble telescope captured this image of an impact scar near Jupiter's south pole. The image above is the sharpest yet of the Pacific Ocean–sized impact site, which was first observed by world’s luckiest amateur astronom...

On 19th July, amongst all the Apollo 11 anniversary celebrations, amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Murrumbateman, Australia imaged a dark patch in the atmosphere of Jupiter. On Twitter there was discussion as to whether this m...

It's been almost a week since an Australian astronomer discovered a weird black spot on Jupiter, which is believed to be a comet impact. And now the Hubble Space Telescope has captured this crisp image of Jupiter's "scar." [Hubble S...

ALAN BOYLE: See Jupiter’s Great Black Spot. Cool pic of the impact spot on Jupiter, taken by the newly-operational Hubble Wide Field Camera. Thanks, astronaut repair-crew! Plus this: “One big question about the impact is: Why di...

The checkout and calibration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter. The spot, caused by the impact of a comet or a...