Physicists now believe that a large planetary embryo collided with the gas giant in the distant past. NASA’s $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft, which arriv… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329725/young-planet-may-have-collided-with-jupiter…
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Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet
A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in the early solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago, could explain surprising readings from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, according to a study this week in the journal Nature. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-08-young-jupiter-smacked-head-on-massive.html…