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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 26 > Guardian angel of the heavens?

Guardian angel of the heavens?

Jupiter did its job shielding Earth last week from disaster. Are we always so lucky? No

By Dennis Overbye / The Bulletin
July 26, 2009

Jupiter took a bullet for us last weekend.

An object, probably a comet that nobody saw coming, plowed into the giant planet’s colorful cloud tops sometime July 19, splashing up debris and leaving a black eye the size of the Pacific Ocean. This was the second time in 15 years that this....

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