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more about #jupiter Geisrud: Sorry. I don't feel humbled at all. #science more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: Cue up the Monty Python Galaxy song in 3...2... #science more » aec007: That is one serious telescope in mars... or is totally fake!. For Earth & Jupiter to be on the same picture, considering Mars is between them in orbi... more » psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: Oh neat, I live on that planet. Earth is an angram for Heart :) #science more » OMG! Ponies!: All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together. Use them in peace. #science more » TonyWonder: so is that the view that astronauts will get one day when we hit Mars? If so that would be one serious mind-f*&k... #science more » Lukasz Fabis: It's amazing just how vast space is. And this is nothing. These are just tiny specks of dust that are pretty close together in the grand scheme of thi... more » LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: I more » Kaiser-Machead: The sphincterocity of the image aside, it's good to see that the Hubble is still so good at what it does. I'm glad it didn't really get blown up like ... more » LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: In lieu of being banned I will not go into any vivid descriptions, but if that amazing hubble photo was a Rorschach ink blot test, my answer would be ... more » Jamie Boudreaux: Jupiter's huge.. then again.. more » i38warhawk: Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't someone in charge of tracking all large asteroids? more » Mega-Japan: I want to live in Jupiter! It's so pretty!!! more » MacBandit: Earth is much less likely to be hit by objects like this. This is thanks to the enormous gravity wells that Saturn and especially Jupiter create. Th... more » Nay Khun: Uhm..."ONLY ABOUT 50-100 MILES ACROSS" Excuse me, but a 50-100 mile across object hitting the earth would annihilate all life on this little planet o... more » skyundersea: It seems Jupiter has room for all of us. Why don't we just live there? more » Hi, I'm God: I never realized that Jupiter was so large compared to Earth. That fucker be huge! What if that asteroid hit us...?? more » Klang: July 1994 fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 (comet) struck Jupiter. The seventh fragment caused a wound on Jupiter equal to the size of the Earth. Prior... more » tek_nic: Question... I thought Jupiter is a gas giant. A much thicker atmosphere and size than something like our planet. I also remember something about crazy... more » aaj111: No one likes Jupiter, of course it's depressed. Well, except for that one guy on "All That" that always shouted "JUPITER!!" for no apparent reason. ... more » -
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Earth and Jupiter Captured In the Same Photograph Taken From Mars
This is a photo of the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It's taken from Mars, and it's humbling and incredible. Be sure to click the picture to see its full scope. [Reddit] -
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Sharpest Photo of Jupiter's Earth-Sized Scar Taken by Hubble
Remember how Jupiter just got totally rocked by a huge object, leaving a giant scar? The Hubble team interrupted their testing of the telescope to aim its sights on this very rare sight, and captured the clearest photo yet. More » -
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Impacting Object Scars Jupiter for Life
It couldn't have happened on a more appropriate anniversary: some bored astronomers spotted a new dark "scar" on the surface of Jupiter indicating either impact by a comet or a planet in serious need of anti-depressants. [NASA] -
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Hubble Captures Moon Disappearing Behind Jupiter in Stunning HD Video
Here's something you've never seen before: Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, caught on video as its orbit takes it behind the gaseous giant. Incredible. -
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NASA Engineers Team Up With Retirees to Secretly Develop Alternative Moon Rocket
A handful of rogue NASA engineers have gone underground and spent their spare time from the Constellation program working on a rocket dubbed "Jupiter"—an alternative that they believe will be "safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle." Jupiter is being developed with the help of a team that includes retired NASA engineers and enthusiasts who are working (mostly) anonymously. More » -
#space
Earth and Jupiter Captured In the Same Photograph Taken From Mars
This photo shows both the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It was taken from Mars, and it's humbling and incredible. Be sure to click the picture to see its full scope. [Reddit]

