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Sep 15, 2021

Jupiter just got smacked by a space rock and an amateur astronomer caught it on camera

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The giant planet gets pummeled on a fairly regular basis.


Brazilian observer José Luis Pereira captured a bright flash on the solar system’s largest planet Monday night (Sept. 13), memorializing the fiery death of a space rock high in the Jovian atmosphere.

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