A fleeting glow observed on Saturn on July 5th has puzzled scientists. This potentially unprecedented event could mark the ...

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter in 1994, creating an explosion thousands of times more potent than Earth's nuclear arsenal.

Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn every year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it ...

In July 1994, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter after breaking apart into many pieces. Astronomers around the world watched the epic comet crash in real-time with telescopes and ...

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered by the Shoemakers and their associate David Levy in 1993. Its impact with Jupiter the next year was a dramatic and widely covered event.

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.

When comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter in 1994, it sent ripple effects both physically and politically.

A new hypothesis suggests that the breaking apart and eventual collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 – the first space rock ever directly observed hitting another Solar System body, Jupiter ...

The spectacle of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 pummeling Jupiter was a major news event last month (July 17-22). Scientists could scarcely contain their excitement as they described this unprecedented ...

Astronomers: A comet fragment, not an asteroid, killed off the dinosaurs Jupiter's gravity pushed comet toward Sun; comet was ripped apart by tidal forces.

Carolyn Shoemaker is a world-renowned comet and asteroid discoverer. She didn't start looking for them until she was 51 years old.