What happens when a comet collides with a gas giant? In July 1994, Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter in a spectacular series of 21 explosions, creating fireballs bigger than Earth itself. This was ...

The best example of which was comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which broke apart before smashing into Jupiter in 1994. Solar radiation and the solar wind continuously bombard the comet's nucleus ...