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January 30th  -  155,425 notes  -  J

In my opinion, one of the best things humanity has captured on video. Done in 1979 by Voyager 1 as it approached Jupiter. 

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timecowboy:

And I will always love you. 

Thanks for taking one for the team Jupiter.

September 14th  -  17,890 notes  -  J

abillavasnaughtehkarian:

the-mad-angel-with-a-box:

theweekmagazine:

Jupiter may have “saved Earth from a devastating cosmic collision” on Monday when it took a hit from what may have been a massive asteroid, resulting in a 100-mile-wide fireball large enough to be caught on film from Earth.

This is the third time since 2009 observers have seen an impact flash on Jupiter’s surface, and some astronomers think the big planet’s gravitational pull serves as a sort of “cosmic shield” for the inner rings of planets — including Earth — “sweeping up incoming objects that would have a deadlier effect” if they were to crash into us. A few scientists think that without Jupiter’s protection, life on Earth wouldn’t have been able to develop.

Watch the collision on Jupiter

I ship it.

And people think it’s stupid to invest in space projects, like look at this shit.

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Jupiter and its moons Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and the Earth’s moon all caught in the same photo.

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ikenbot:

Jupiter’s Rings Revealed

Jupiter’s rings were discovered in 1979 by the passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but their origin was a mystery. Data from the Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003 later confirmed that these rings were created by meteoroid impacts on small nearby moons.