Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth

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[–]313337 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm too stoned to go looking for the citation but I read earlier that the explosion was the SIZE OF EARTH. Which even when I wasn't stoned, sounded quite remarkable.

edit: whoa, this article mentions the same thing. Even uses the word remarkable.

"Something remarkable to consider is that the apparent size of the flash is almost the size of Earth, which is tiny next to the giant gas planet. For reference, about three Earths could fit inside Jupiter's Great Red Spot, which is also visible."

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rocks are dangerous MKAY, this 1 https://futurism.com/the-byte/city-killer-asteroid-earth-undetected almost hit/Striked the earth 1 month ago, and they never saw it coming because it came from behind the direction of the sun https://www.foxnews.com/science/surprise-city-killer-asteroid-almost-hit-earth-whizzing-by-at-15-miles-a-second

[–]fred_red_beans 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Observed by an amateur astronomer!

[–]Ash 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm amazed and scared shitless at the same time. The scale of the impact reminds me that Earth is just a tiny fart existing on borrowed time.

[–]thefadd 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

And that was just the front!

[–]Zizzle 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Anyone have a video that isn't a cartoon?